I would personally prefer to include the VCS version in the version string.
2016-02-09 9:50 GMT+01:00 Simon Richter <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Am 09.02.2016 um 09:32 schrieb Jean-Samuel Reynaud: > >> As suggested by Wayne, is there any objection if version on daily build >> PPA become 5.0-alpha-{repo version} or 4.99-alpha-{repo version} ? >> It will allow daily build to have a higher version number than 4.0.XX >> version available on distro. > > I'd use "{last release}+nightly{date}" until we're officially near a > release and know whether it will be 5.0 or 4.1, because I fully expect > that there may be features we'd like to release before 5.0 (the 3D > rendering improvements, for example). > > So while 4.0.1 is current, "4.0.1+nightly20160209" is good as an > "upstream" version, Debian/Ubuntu can then add "+dfsg" for the removal > of the files with unclear licensing and "-1" for the package version. > > Shortly before the release, it would be okay to switch to > "5.0~alpha+nightly{date}" style, although there is no real technical > reason to do so. > > Simon > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
