[oe] RFC: Xorg Version Numbering

[Graeme Gregory]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:46:19AM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> My question is therefore does it make sense to have X11R7.x in PV?
> 
> If people want a build compatible with X11R.x, it would be easy to write
> a preferred-version-X11R7.1.inc with the appropriate PREFERRED_VERSIONs
> set. In fact you could have a script autogenerate that.
> 
> I realise removing X11Rx from the PV will break upgrades but I think if
> we don't do that, we could be storing up trouble in the long run which
> we could change now.
> 
My memory of why X11R7.X ended up in the PV is that at the time bitbake
didnt support an epoch in the PV. This was a hack to make sure that xorg
6.X stuff upgraded to 7.X properly.

I guess this opens the discussion on bitbake and epochs again.

Graeme