[manjaro-dev] Please add version information about Manjaro into /usr/lib/os-release

[FH]

On 10.05.2020 15.47, Gerold Jens Wucherpfennig wrote:
>
>
> Am 08.05.20 um 21:36 schrieb Jonathon Fernyhough:
>> On 08/05/2020 19:57, Gerold Jens Wucherpfennig wrote:
>>> Please add 'VERSION',
>>> 'VERSION_ID' and 'VERSION_CODENAME'.
>>>
>>> The file is in the package "core/filesystem"
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What's the rationale for this?
>>
>> Once the distro is installed those tags have very little meaning to a
>> rolling release.
>>
>
> The data is already in /etc/lsb-release.
>
> $ cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=ManjaroLinux
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.0
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=Lysia
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Manjaro Linux"
>
> So why is this information in
> /etc/lsb-release?
>
> The developers of kinfocenter
> do not want to include this obsolete data
> and are asking for this data
> to be included, it has to be stored
> in /usr/lib/os-release.
>
> They do not want to change
> kinfocenter to include old LSB data.
>
> You say that version tags have very
> little meaning in a rolling release
> distribution like Manjaro.
>
> What do other people think about this?
>
> Sorry for bothering you,
> I just wanted to improve kinfocenter
> a bit on Manjaro.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Gerold
>
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