Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RPM upgrade caveats going from a beta version to RC
Date: 2001-04-08 17:41:05
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.33.0104081439360.81918-100000@mobile.hub.org
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On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> The Hermit Hacker wrote:or development:
> >>
> >> That means the final release of 7.1 will be called 7.2. Bugfix releases
> >> will then be 7.2.x. Meanwhile new development versions will be 7.3.x
> >> which will finally be released as 7.4, and so on...
> >
> >Not in this life time ... we are not going to move to a Linux-like
> >development cycle ... *groan*
> >
>
> Harrumph!!
>
> Well, pick some scheme that gives a rational set of numbers for
> distributions. The current one is only good for installation by hand!

We do, we follow the scheme as used by ... the BSD camp :) Be thankful we
don't go all the way and use 7.2-RELEASE too :)

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