Bug 679814

Summary:	Rename repository snapshots to gentoo-YYYYMMDD
Product:	Gentoo Infrastructure	Reporter:	Ulrich Müller <ulm>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Gentoo Infrastructure <infra-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	fturco, mgorny, viklevin2
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2019-03-08 21:53:02 UTC

https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20180729-summary.txt:

> Default locations for repositories, distfiles, and binpkgs
> ==========================================================
> [...]
> 
> - Vote: Change the name of the Gentoo repository snapshot (currently
>   portage-YYYYMMDD) to gentoo-YYYYMMDD.
>   Accepted unanimously.

This needs to be implemented. Preferably the old name should be kept as a symlink, in order not to break backwards compatibility with clients.

Comment 1 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester

2019-03-09 19:50:36 UTC

(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #0)
> https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20180729-summary.txt:
> 
> > Default locations for repositories, distfiles, and binpkgs
> > ==========================================================
> > [...]
> > 
> > - Vote: Change the name of the Gentoo repository snapshot (currently
> >   portage-YYYYMMDD) to gentoo-YYYYMMDD.
> >   Accepted unanimously.
> 
> This needs to be implemented. Preferably the old name should be kept as a
> symlink, in order not to break backwards compatibility with clients.

I'm happy to add a new name. We will never delete the old name. We are unlikely to add N new names, but we went nearly 20 years with the previous one.

-A

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2019-04-16 10:29:59 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 574752 ***