Hi, on the CommonJS Google Group there was a discussion on semantic versioning, a formalization of the concept of properly using a common version number scheme (Major.Minor.Patch) for libraries.
http://semver.org/ I think it would be especially easy to enforce a simple version of this system in a Clojure project. A program could inspect code and decide what version number to use during build time. The major version could be changed automatically once a public function, multi-method or macro arguments list change in a non-backward compatible way and also when some of them are removed. The patch version number could be incremented when code change (but not the API) and existing tests don't change or new tests have been added. The minor version could be incremented in other cases. This implementation have it's quirks, like not being able to check for return types. Doing it for real would certainly uncover a more lot subtle details. What do you thinking about this idea? How would you improve it? - budu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
