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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] development-sources are not 'development'
From:       Sven Vermeulen <swift () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-08-27 21:19:23
Message-ID: 20040827211923.GE25733 () gentoo ! org
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On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:54:00PM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> I can't agree more. Whereas some users don't want to know anything about
> these versions, most users do. Having the "vanilla" sources called to their
> major/minor will make it very clear what kernel they are dealing with.

Never mind this; the approach discussed in the other thread suits Gentoo's
needs more. After all, it's indeed rather annoying to give the package a
name with the version _and_ still have separate version information
available.

This was indeed exactly why we have SLOT in the first place.

Sorry for the left/right jumping :)

Wkr,
      Sven Vermeulen


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