Hi all, Maybe using the "yyyymmdd_major.minor.micro" notation for stable releases and the "yyyymmdd" notation for (unstable) snapshots ?.
I don't know if the underscore is going to be causing problems I haven't thought of yet. I guess this discussion is just about the ordering of characters ;) Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 08:26 +0200, Werner Hoch wrote: > Hi Ales and all, > > On Friday 29 June 2007 05:08, Ales Hvezda wrote: > > Hi Hamish, Charles, and all, > > > > >How do you envisage version numbers to work in the future? > > > > That's a very good question that several people have asked. > > > > I see a few possibilities: > > > > 1) Go back to just the date version number (20070626). > > Advantage: No changes in numbering required for binary packages. > > Disadvantage: Can't tell the difference between stable releases > > and development snapshots. > > I think the distinction between the stable and the snapshot packages is > important. So I would not prefer only the date. > > > 2) Just expose the dotted version like 1.0.1. Where 1.even#.release# > > is a stable snapshot and 1.odd#.release# is a development > > snapshot. Advantage: It is want everybody is used to. > > Disadvantage: No relationship between version and date. > > When packaging the date is in the package, too. At least for RPM. > I'd prefer that numbering scheme. > > > 3) Have a mix like: 1.0.1-20070626. > > Advantage: All the information is there. > > Disadvantage: Kind of a mouthfull. > > The dash between version and date may cause confusion for packages as > the dash is usually the delimiter between Software version and build > number. > > If we would like to add the date the version number should be > 1.0.1.20070626 > > Regards > Werner > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
