Re: [Cppunit-devel] version 1.6?

[Steve M. R. <ste...@vi...>]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:43:14PM +0200, Baptiste Lepilleur wrote:
> Quoting "Steve M. Robbins" <ste...@vi...>:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Would anyone get offended if we call the next release "1.6.0", and
> > move to the convention that version x.y.z comes from the STABLE branch
> > for even-valued "y", and from the UNSTABLE branch for odd-valued "y" ?
> 
>   I'm not really familiar with Linux version numbering. Let me check a few fact:
> 
> - z is a "patch level": nothing changed in functionnality, but some bug where 
> fixed.
> - y is a "functionnality/compatibility level": some functionnality where added, 
> or some minor compability issues where raised.
> - x is an "architecture level": major architecture change, functionnality ?

Yes.  Although there are no hard and fast rules, people generally
expect the version numbering "x.y.z" to reflect "major", "minor",
and "micro" differences, as you suggest.

In addition to that, there is the CVS tree.  Since people will
inevitably use the CVS tree, and submit but reports, we need to be
able to tell whether the version in question comes from a bona-fide
release, or from CVS.  I think it is convenient to be able to
distinguish them based on version number.  That implies that the CVS
sources would always have a version number attached that is *never* a
released version.  [Except for a small window of some minutes while a
release is being prepared.]

It is to support this that I proposed moving to "even = stable",
"odd = unstable" for the minor version number (or "y", as I called it).

For example, the next release [which I think we can safely make this
weekend, yes?] will be 1.6.0.  I will check in the sources with
this version number, and tag it.  Immediately after building the 
tar file, I will update the version to 1.7.0 and commit that to CVS.

The CVS head stays in the 1.7 series, leading to a 1.8.0 release.

When we need to make the first bugfix to 1.6, I will create a branch
rooted at 1.6.0 for the 1.6.x series.

How does that sound?
-S

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