On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Xyne <x...@archlinux.ca> wrote: > > Packages that are built from vcs but which are based on some form of > upstream > "release" should not include the tag in the package name. > > I think the simplest rule of thumb would be that if the same PKGBUILD > generates > different binary packages depending on when makepkg was run, then it should > include the suffix in the name. > > These two rules are not the same. For instance the package xbmc-svn [1] is based on fixed svn version that does not corresponds to any "release" upstream. It is just tested svn revisions (by the packager) as not every revisions are usable.
[1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20156 -- Cédric Girard
