On Thu, 28 May 2009 22:56:46 +0200 Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> wrote: > So, basically, we can't do anything, because the universe might > spontaneously decide to cease to exist. Quite scary, that.
No. What we do is don't design a fragile solution. We design a solution that can handle users doing what we reasonably expect users to do. > > No-one has provided a viable way of extending the version format > > that doesn't require EAPI changes. So unless you're talking about > > your "start a whole new tree" idea, > Wait, I thought noone had provided a way ... except that one ... > argh, cognitive dissonance detected. > > I'm sorry, you contradicted yourself. Please choose one option only. "Viable". > > No-one is suggesting making changes to match silly upstream > > versions. > But I thought you just said that silly and arbitrary restrictions ... > I am confused. You are in a quantum superposition state where you > support both sides of an argument and only collapse your brainwave > functions whenever someone tries to observe you or something ... I said that allowing _rc but forbidding -rc was silly and arbitrary. > > What we are suggesting is making changes to match sensible and > > reasonable upstream versions. > > Which we already have. Excellent, so you agree that we don't need to > change versioning. Sometimes I really like discussing with you, > because after a long time you suddenly accept reason :) No, we don't allow 1.1-rc1, which is a sensible and reasonable upstream version. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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