On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 08:28:00PM -0800, Marc Matteo wrote: > How about something that RPM does (or used to do, it's been a while) > is use an *internal* version number in cases like this. It's > basically the same thing as the v* idea only it's hidden in the > Makefile. > > So in the gcc case instead of v0 gcc-3.3.6 would get "VINDEX=0" in > it's Makefile. > > This would have the same effect as the v* number but the end user > wouldn't be faced with a potentially freakish gcc-3.3.6v0p3.
Not the same effect... having names visible upfront means you don't have to dive into the package itself to figure things out. Stuff like pkg_add -u can do most of their work from an ftp list, and then they just need to open the few packages they actually need.
