\summary{2007}{4}{24}

Special ``impromptu'' council meeting regarding multiple version suffix use


\agendaitem{Multiple version suffixes}
\index{version suffixes}
\index{package!media-video/mplayer}\index{package!media-video/transcode}
\index{package!media-sound/alsa-driver}

A subset of council members decided today that multiple version suffixes are 
illegal in the tree pending further notice. This decision can be appealed at the 
next Council meeting. If there is sufficient public demand, an earlier meeting 
can be held.

This decision has been made to prevent sufficient precedent for unilateral 
changes to the tree structure. So far the following package versions are 
considered illegal:

\begin{itemize}
 \item
  media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc2_pre20070321-r4
 \item
  media-video/transcode-1.0.3_rc2_p20070310-r1
\end{itemize}

An illegal version specification of media-sound/alsa-driver has already been 
removed from the tree.

I would like to ask the affected package maintainers to move these versions to 
sane version specifications as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for this.