Re: [proposal] Documenting which revision is installed
Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:
> Hi,
Hi
> i would like to propose that we change /etc/debian_version with
> beginning of lenny to also show which revision of a release is
> installed.
Ack.
> Rational: We do regular updates to stable releases (called point
> releases) from time to time but you can't tell from installed files
> which revision (point release) is installed on a machine without knowing
> the exact versions of packages in a debian revision.
> The only way to determine which revision might be in use is to parse
> /var/lib/apt/lists/$mirror_$path_dists_$release_Release which sucks.
>
> My idea would be to have /etc/debian_version updated with every point
> release to reflect the current revision.
Ack.
> There are different opinions out there (i spoke to several DDs already)
> on how to reflect this in /etc/debian_version, thus i would like to get
> consensus on this list first, before we start implementing it.
>
> Here comes some ideas:
> Lets say we have major version 4.0 (etch) and point release 2:
>
> Idea 1:
> 4.0.2
>
> Idea 2:
> 4.0r2
>
> Idea 3:
> 4.0
> r2
>
> I personaly prefere Idea 1 over 3 over 2, but as said, i want to have an
> consensus and i already heard several other ideas and/or complains.
I would prefer 2 over 1 and 3, though I think it's more important to
have it included in the file than any particular format :-)
Cheers
Luk
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