Martin Zobel-Helas wrote: > Hi, Hi
> i would like to propose that we change /etc/debian_version with > beginning of lenny to also show which revision of a release is > installed. Ack. > Rational: We do regular updates to stable releases (called point > releases) from time to time but you can't tell from installed files > which revision (point release) is installed on a machine without knowing > the exact versions of packages in a debian revision. > The only way to determine which revision might be in use is to parse > /var/lib/apt/lists/$mirror_$path_dists_$release_Release which sucks. > > My idea would be to have /etc/debian_version updated with every point > release to reflect the current revision. Ack. > There are different opinions out there (i spoke to several DDs already) > on how to reflect this in /etc/debian_version, thus i would like to get > consensus on this list first, before we start implementing it. > > Here comes some ideas: > Lets say we have major version 4.0 (etch) and point release 2: > > Idea 1: > 4.0.2 > > Idea 2: > 4.0r2 > > Idea 3: > 4.0 > r2 > > I personaly prefere Idea 1 over 3 over 2, but as said, i want to have an > consensus and i already heard several other ideas and/or complains. I would prefer 2 over 1 and 3, though I think it's more important to have it included in the file than any particular format :-) Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
