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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robbie Gemmell" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2015 9:22:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Can the next release of the C++ broker and tools be 1.0.0?
> 
> On 5 November 2015 at 13:52, Ken Giusti <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > Given that we're able to release qpid-tools and qpidd broker independently
> > for the API libraries, isn't it about time we bestow the honor of a 1.0.0
> > version to these packages?
> >
> > These packages do not offer a "public API" as the libraries do, so
> > technically semantic versioning rules don't apply. But those rules do
> > define a major release of 0 (eg. 0.Y.Z) as being an "initial development
> > release".  Furthermore, that's the common public perception of any
> > software released with a 0.x.y version, IMHO.
> >
> > For qpidd/tools - we're way, way beyond that.  qpidd/tools are mature to
> > the point where existing functionality is stable.  If we were to deprecate
> > features, we'd want to increment the X factor anyways, so at some point we
> > really have to move beyond 0.x.y.
> >
> > qpidd 1.0.0 shouldn't be in the same category as nuclear fusion or flying
> > cars, right?
> >
> > --
> > -K
> >
> 
> 
> Prior discussion on this (perhaps a year ago?) was that the qpid-cpp
> version would indeed be changed, probably to something like 33.0 (at
> the time), i.e move the dot[s] from prior release number cadence as a
> starting point.

Ah, yes - I recall that also.  I've gotten that mixed up with the decision to 
use semantic versioning for proton + qpid-dispatch.


Personally, I'm not a fan of the N.x versioning approach, even when it comes to 
a standalone service like qpidd/tools (e.g. not a library).  As I mentioned 
above semantic versioning provides a bit more detail about the extent of 
changes in a given release.

So the first question I should've asked is:  Can we move qpidd/tools to 
semantic versioning?


> The idea was also discussed to move the components to
> their own source trees aligned on what would be released together
> (independently of other bits), in this case having the cpp broker and
> its tools in the same tree was proposed.
> 
> The proposed relocation work was done for the Java bits (initial
> independent release with new version yet to happen, but is slated soon
> as 6.0.0), and such alignment was implicit from the start for things
> like proton/dispatch/jms. Nothing had changed in that regard for the
> other components since those discussions, so when the most recent
> qpid-cpp release was desired I simply continued with 0.34 from the
> previous version scheme. I think it makes sense the first new version
> should be used after such changes are made.


That makes sense to me - hold off any changes to the versioning 
semantics/format until after qpidd/tools are moved to their own source trees.


> I did create/rename a
> bunch of separate versions in JIRA using '-next' versions in keeping
> with desire to move them away from the previous versioing scheme in
> future (and reflect the next release/version numbers not being decided
> in all cases).
> 
> Robbie
> 

Thanks for the info Robbie.


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