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Re: Package libburn-1.4.2.pl01.tar.gz as 1.4.2-2 or as 1.4.2.pl01-1 ?



Hi,

Jakub Wilk wrote:
> But "pl01" looks weird. What does "pl" stand for?

"patchlevel".
I carried it as talisman through several software endeavors in
memory of the first Linux which i encountered in a dark corner
of the office. Installed by our sysadmin from a pile of floppies
on an obsolete 80386 from the accounting department.

If i remember correctly it was number 13.
  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v1.0/CHANGES
  https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nico/archive/+/v0.99-pl13


Have a nice day :)

Thomas


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