Re: Package version naming

2020-05-19 Thread Christian Ehrhardt
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:25 AM Robin Hansson wrote: > > Hello Ubuntu Developers, > > I wonder what the meaning is of of the package naming like ghc > 8.8.1+dfsg1+is+8.6.5+dfsg1-3 > When running "ghc --version" it says "version 8.6.5". Does the initial > "8.8.1" mean some stuff from 8.8.1 is bac

Package version naming

2020-05-18 Thread Robin Hansson
Hello Ubuntu Developers, I wonder what the meaning is of of the package naming like ghc 8.8.1+dfsg1+is+8.6.5+dfsg1-3 When running "ghc --version" it says "version 8.6.5". Does the initial "8.8.1" mean some stuff from 8.8.1 is back-ported? What about "dfsg1" and " dfsg1-3" ? Best, Robin -- Ubuntu

Re: Version naming

2010-01-27 Thread Philip Muskovac
Newer versions of apport (the Ubuntu bug reporting application) add a release tag to bug reports starting with Lucid Lynx 10.04 as far as I know. You'll find these reports tagged with 'lucid'. Older 'karmic' 'jaunty' etc. tags can be added by bug reporters and triagers to make searching easier.

Re: Version naming

2010-01-26 Thread Brian Vidal Castillo
To fix the bug search behaviour, Launchpad MUST add the tag '9.10' when words like Karmic Koala are in the bug reporting or maybe include a field in wich the user selects the version. Maybe only append a '9.10' tag when 'karmic' or 'koala' are set. For the animal, it's not a good decission to d

Re: Version naming

2010-01-14 Thread Mark Ellse
In theory, the name of current release of Ubuntu is 9.10. But in practice it is referred to as both karmic and koala. Even the Help menu states "You are using Ubuntu 9.10 the Karmic Koala". See below for the reviews, which show that the press intermingles the names. Here are the numbers of return

Re: Version naming

2010-01-10 Thread Scott Kitterman
"Mark Ellse" wrote: >Each version of Ubuntu has, effectively, three names. > >For instance, the latest release is: > >Ubuntu Karmic or is it Ubuntu 9.10?or is it Ubuntu Koala? > >The presence of these three names makes it difficult to know how to search >for issues with a parti

Re: Version naming

2010-01-10 Thread Marco Pallotta
Il giorno dom, 10/01/2010 alle 20.19 +, Mark Ellse ha scritto: > Each version of Ubuntu has, effectively, three names. > > For instance, the latest release is: > > Ubuntu Karmic or is it Ubuntu 9.10?or is it Ubuntu > Koala? > > The presence of these three names makes it dif

Version naming

2010-01-10 Thread Mark Ellse
Each version of Ubuntu has, effectively, three names. For instance, the latest release is: Ubuntu Karmic or is it Ubuntu 9.10?or is it Ubuntu Koala? The presence of these three names makes it difficult to know how to search for issues with a particular version. It would be much