Hi, Tor Lillqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Currently some modules in GNOME CVS bump the micro version number > right after a source release. Others bump right before a release. And > some bump at a random time between releaes. This is IMHO confusing, as > can be seen from this case. > > My idea is that the official policy would be to use both pre- and > post-release bumps. Only in a release tarball would the micro version > number be odd. As soon as the release has been done, the micro version > number would be bumped. And then immediately before making the next > release it would be bumped again. Then there would be no confusion. An > odd micro number would always indicate an official source release, and > an even micro number a CVS snapshot. Stuff built from CVS snapshots > could use the version number from CVS at the time without risking > being confised with the next official version. in my opinion this would only make things even more confusing. A CVS snapshot should be clearly labelled as such, not implicitely by the micro version number being odd or even. What about using something like gimp-2.2.8-cvs-20050523.zip for cvs snapshots? Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
