Re: Package naming conventions

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: <jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr>, Raphaël Enrici <blacknoz(at)club-internet(dot)fr>
Cc: <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Package naming conventions
Date: 2003-08-08 14:09:55
Message-ID: 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B844B403@mail.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Michel POURE [mailto:jm(dot)poure(at)freesurf(dot)fr]
> Sent: 08 August 2003 14:51
> To: Raphaël Enrici; Dave Page
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Package naming conventions
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I agree with Raphaël. We cannot have two naming conventions
> for technical
> reasons. It is not possible to change the version of an RPM
> at file system
> level. Furthermore, users should be able to install from
> snapshots, then
> upgrade with beta, then install snapshots, etc...

The problem is that the date is only applicable to snapshots. Release versions may be created anytime after CVS is tagged.

What do other projects do?

Regards, Dave.

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