[oi-dev] Instructions on OI distro from scratch

[tomww at opensolaris.org]

As the automatic upgrading is always upwards, it could be
usefull to insert another digit.

0.151.7.0.1
0.151.7.0.2

if you detect a problem and want go back to older code but
keep the "pkg update" method, you could use 0.151.7.1.1  .
Else you would urge users to rollback the root filesystems
or use the ending digit ".3" for the next package version,
where the number would no longer represent the code which 
is form the ".1" generation.

Just an idea.

Thomas

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:12:06PM +0100, Jim Klimov wrote:
>  On 2013-01-27 16:46, Jim Klimov wrote:
> >    What I'd expect to see ultimately is a number of steps like these:
> > * bootstrapping the build environment(s), i.e. under current OI
> > * checking out current gates of incorporations (right term?) like
> >    kernel illumos-gate, and userspace oi-build(?), jds, sfe...
> > * building the lot
> > * making a bootable distro image with desired contents and an IPS
> >    (SVR4, DEB, .....) package repo for other optional software
> 
> 
>  Also, the illumos-gate docs suggest using a larger version number for 
>  private builds to override the published common packages - i.e. 152
>  while OI is 151. I do also see that nested version numbers are used,
>  i.e. 0.151.7 for oi_151a7 release. Is it allowed (and will it give
>  the logically correct result) to add more levels, i.e. 0.151.7.1 for
>  a private build with local patches applied to the 151a7 release's
>  source codes as a baseline, 0.151.7.2 for the private build's respin,
>  etc?
> 
>  As part of "preparing build envs" above, the versioning games should
>  also be discussed, if needed (what, where, how)...
> 
>  Thanks,
>  //Jim
> 
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