Le 20 mars 2010 à 23:40, Joel E. Denny a écrit :

> Hi Akim,

Hi Joel,

> But that raises another question for NEWS.  If Bison ends up like gcc and 
> has multiple release series concurrently, the order of releases might be: 
> 2.4.2, 2.5, 2.4.3, 2.5.1.  Do we sort by version number or release date in 
> NEWS?  I'm thinking 2.4.3's NEWS would omit 2.5 because 2.5 is a higher 
> version number, but 2.5.1's NEWS would include 2.4.3 and sort on version 
> number not date.  I think that's what's going on in GCC's 4.4.1's NEWS.

Yes, I would definitely sort on version numbers.

> Also, when it's time for 2.5 candidates, I think I'll switch to a scheme 
> something like 2.5-candidate-1 and 2.5-candidate-2.  2.4.2a and 2.4.2b 
> wouldn't make sense here because there could potentially be a 2.4.3 later.
> 
> What do you think?

You are right, it's clearer this way.

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