Re: [Ltsp-developer] Proposal: Version Numbers and Tagging

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On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:48:29PM -0400, Francis Giraldeau wrote:
> I agree with this proposal. It make sens and it will be good for all of
> us. But, I think that a mail is better to communicate version bumps,
> since not everybody is always on IRC, and there are no logs of them.

well, one of the main points of the proposal is that version bumps can
happen pretty autonomously and non-disruptively...

if two distros are working on a release near the same time, they
probably can use the same version tag. if one gets a release out the
door first, the second can still increment the version again after
getting a few more fixes in.

so, coordination is still strongly encouraged, but it isn't really a
requirement, per se. alerting people on irc is mostly just to avoid
commits in the middle of preparing, testing and tagging a version.

and now i rant about how much i like this idea:

having each distro increment the version number when they make a release
for their distro means that no distro is beholden to another distro's
release cycle, the arbitrary version number is basically an indicator
that that particular version was useful to at least 1 distro, makes it
easier to compare versions across distros, and encourages getting code
upstream.

> We should add those rules should be added to the wiki, in a developer
> section, as a reference.

indeed.

live well,
  vagrant