From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Version naming Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:08 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8738ap3qgq.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1413427666 14248 80.91.229.3 (16 Oct 2014 02:47:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:47:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Rob Browning Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 16 04:47:39 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xeb6I-0008AC-0I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:47:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47734 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xeb6H-0003H5-96 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40766) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xeb5w-0003G7-Ri for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xeb5p-0005uT-4z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:16 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:55926) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xeb5p-0005uH-0w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:09 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNFxKjo/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0kiAQI0hkXjnoHhDgEqRmBaoNMIQ X-IPAS-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNFxKjo/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0kiAQI0hkXjnoHhDgEqRmBaoNMIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="94313321" Original-Received: from 69-196-168-232.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.168.232]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 15 Oct 2014 22:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 3274E7CFF; Wed, 15 Oct 2014 22:47:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8738ap3qgq.fsf@trouble.defaultvalue.org> (Rob Browning's message of "Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:42:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:175439 Archived-At: > As a result, on the Debian side, each major increment does represent > more work: increased load on the mirrors, administrative overhead of > package migrations, removals, etc. The real underlying cause is dpkg's inability to handle simultaneous installs of different versions of the same package. As a result, you get more work, as you point out, and I can't easily keep around all the versions I'd like to keep. Stefan