Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ketchup script and 3.0 | From | Matt Mackall <> | Date | Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:59:32 -0500 |
| |
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 13:50 -0700, david@lang.hm wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > But my point is that if we have adhoc transitions, we will encounter the > > "fix all the scripts and websites" pain at every transition. And tools > > that are managed via distros and the like can literally take years to > > get into the hands of users. It'd be nice if the copy of ketchup shipped > > in <enterprise distro> just worked 3 years from now because 4.0 wasn't a > > surprise. > > if you special case 2.4->2.6, and make the default that 4.0 > 3.x, 5.0 > > 4.x, etc won't things 'just work' for the forseeable future?
No, because you sometimes want to know what 2.6.39++ is and what 3.0-- is.
For instance, to upgrade from 2.6.37.2 to 3.1.2, ketchup will want to download, cache, and apply:
patch-2.6.37.2 (reversed!) patch-2.6.38 patch-2.6.39 patch-3.0 ?? <- hopefully Linus will make a delta against 2.6.39! patch-3.1 patch-3.1.2
-- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
| |