On 5/18/07, Travis Willard <travis@archlinux.org> wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2007 14:38:22 -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote

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The core thing won't happen for a bit though, as it's a bit more complex than everything else, but I figure if we can move non-core packages out of current, the rename will be fairly easy.

Wouldn't, then, everyone have to change pacman.conf to refer to core/os/i686? Or are we going to symlink it? If we're symlinking it, what's the point of the name change in the first place? :P

I think the name change gives it clear intent, and it's part of the "cleaning" as well.

Is this another one of those 'push it into a new pacman package, then wait a year and hope everyone's upgraded' kind of issues?

Well, we could do it really easily. Rename the dir, symlink it, then symlink core.db.tar.gz to current.db.tar.gz - quick and simple, and the symlink will cover any older setups until we feel it's safe to remove (note to self/cactus: perhaps track downloads of current.db.tar.gz over ftp?)

(on a side note, I really have to start remembering to set my webmail to use the archlinux.org address when I send these things from here - I keep getting blocked awaiting approval 'cause I forget. :P)

I can add any address you need - give me an address and I'll fix it.