I am fine with both proposals. +1 On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 6:10 AM Andrus Adamchik <aadamc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am +1 on both. > > > On Nov 21, 2023, at 4:04 AM, Nikita Timofeev <ntimof...@objectstyle.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Wanted to share a couple of my thoughts about changes that could be good > > for Cayenne. And the first milestone release of Cayenne 5.0 could be a > > perfect target for these changes. > > > > 1. Get rid of the `server` part in the names everywhere, starting by > > renaming our core dependency from `cayenne-server` to just `cayenne`. > > As we already removed the `client` counterpart, `server` just doesn't > make > > sense anymore. > > > > 2. Change of the versioning schema we use for the development cycle. A > > short version of the proposal: drop BETA versions, keep the version of > > snapshot build always the same, and slightly change format to articulate > > what is the actual version. > > > > Format would look like `MAJOR.MINOR-QUALIFIER`. Where the qualifier is > one > > of `SNAPSHOT`, `M` for the milestone or `RC` for the release candidate. > > > > Example for the 5.0: > > - snapshot always stays as 5.0-SNAPSHOT > > - milestones releases are 5.0-M1, 5.0-M2 etc. > > - release candidates are 5.0-RC1, 5.0-RC2, etc. > > - and final release is just 5.0 > > > > And here's a reason for that change. It solves two minor problems with > the > > current schema. The first one is that all systems think that `B` goes > > before `M`, so our beta versions always look older than milestones. We > are > > not that strict about what is beta nor are we enforcing any rules, so > there > > should be no problems with that. > > The second one is that projects using SNAPSHOT versions should update > > dependency every time we make a dev release. Again not a big change and > > should not affect anything really, as there shouldn't be many projects > > brave enough to just use SNAPSHOT. > > > > Note this change does not affect overall versioning, e.g. patch versions > > like 5.0.1 or global updates like 5.1. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Nikita Timofeev > >
