MariaDB 10.0 and 10.1 alpha port naming

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jul 6, 2014, at 9:56 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht <pixilla at macports.org> wrote:

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> On Jul 6, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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>> On Jul 4, 2014, at 10:05 PM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
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>>> I have new mariadb100 and mariadb101-devel ports installed and with basic tests (connect to information_schema db).
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>>> I do not know that I am a fan of "drop the dot" version naming but consistency has it's place.
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>>> Does anyone want to share their opinion as to naming these ports mariadb100 and mariadb101-devel vs mariadb10.0 and mariadb10.1-devel?
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>> Jeremy H has been of the opinion that we should not drop the dot, and should separate the version from the name with a dash, and has done so with the clang ports (e.g. clang-3.4). This seems to work fine.
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>> mariadb-10.0
>> mariadb-10.1
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> I like it!
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>> Don't use a -devel suffix. (clang-3.5 doesn't.)
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> Is clang-3.5 alpha? Mariadb 10.1 is alpha.

Whatever it is, clang-3.5 is pre-stable until the "r" whatever suffix disappears from its version number. As I recall, it's Jeremy's habit to create a new clang port right after the previous one becomes stable.


> My reason for adding -devel is to not encourage the casual user to install alpha software.

See also the php56 port, which is currently pre-stable. I have the php56 SAPI ports print a note warning the user of this.


> Would mariadb-devel or mariadb-10.1-alpha be better?