Am 19.04.09, 12:12 -0500 schrieb Bob Friesenhahn: > I extracted lcms-1.18a.tar.gz and notice that there are no > documentation updates and that the package extracts as lcms-1.18 > rather than lcms-1.18a. The only way to tell that there has been an > update is that src/cmsxform.c is more recent than the NEWS file. The > shared library builds with the same versioning information. > > This approach causes problems for users since it is difficult to tell > if their installed 1.18 has the security patch or not.
It is typical for many projects to use a major.minor.patch, e.g. 1.18.1, naming scheme for such minimal changes like e.g. security patches. But well, 1.18.1 sounds more technical otherwise it seeme very practical. kind regards Kai-Uwe Behrmann -- developing for colour management www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
