On 25/09/18 11:48, Richard Levitte wrote: > In message <dee8621c-7071-4bf3-3ce0-dadaff9df...@openssl.org> on Tue, 25 Sep > 2018 11:30:39 +0100, Matt Caswell <m...@openssl.org> said: > >> >> >> On 25/09/18 11:13, Tim Hudson wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 8:07 PM Matt Caswell <m...@openssl.org >>> <mailto:m...@openssl.org>> wrote: >>> >>> On 25/09/18 10:58, Tim Hudson wrote: >>> > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 7:23 PM Richard Levitte >>> <levi...@openssl.org <mailto:levi...@openssl.org> >>> > <mailto:levi...@openssl.org <mailto:levi...@openssl.org>>> wrote: >>> > >>> > So what you suggest (and what I'm leaning toward) means that >>> we will >>> > change our habits. >>> > >>> > >>> > Adoption of semantic versioning will indeed require us to change our >>> > habits in a number of areas - that is the point of having a single >>> clear >>> > definition of what our version numbers mean. >>> > >>> > I also do think we need to document a few things like what we mean by >>> > bug fix compared to a feature update as there are items which we could >>> > argue could either be a PATCH or a MINOR update depending on how we >>> > describe such things. >>> >>> Sometimes we need to add a function in order to fix a bug. How should >>> this be handled? e.g. there are 60 functions defined in >>> util/libcrypto.num in the current 1.1.0i release that weren't there in >>> the original 1.1.0 release. >>> >>> >>> >>> In semantic versioning those are MINOR releases. The API has changed in >>> a backward compatible manner. >>> They cannot be called PATCH releases - those are only for internal >>> changes that fix incorrect behaviour. >>> If you change the API you are either doing a MINOR or a MAJOR release. >>> >>> Now I think the flexibility we added during 1.1.0 when the MAJOR change >>> was to make APIs opaque was a different context where our API remained >>> unstable (in semantic terms) yet we did a release (for other reasons). >>> Under semantic versioning, 1.1.0 would have been called 2.0.0 and we >>> would have had to batch up the accessor API additions into a 2.1.0 >>> release and not have those included in any 2.0.X PATCH release. >>> >>> It is quite a change under semantic versioning in some areas as it >>> basically requires the version to reflect API guarantees. >> >> I don't think we should batch up accessor API additions. Or in fact any >> others. We should release them at the right time as we do now. A move to >> semantic versioning shouldn't change that. That has implications for the >> way we manage branches and support periods/LTS. > > Most of all, it may mean more frequent MINOR releases. > >> I suggest that we only create new branches for a MAJOR version number >> change. We define the support periods/LTS status relative to the major >> version number. For a given supported major version we may update the >> MINOR or PATCH number at any time dependent on whether we've added any >> new functions or not. What we now think of as a "letter" release could >> be either a MINOR or a PATCH release under semantic versioning >> (dependent on what we've changed/added). We continue with the same >> policy of not adding new features to a stable branch (except where >> necessary to fix a bug). > > You are contradicting yourself. If we only make new branches for > MAJOR version number changes, then it will be allowed to add new > functionality in them, because that's allowed with a MINOR version > number change.
You misunderstand me. Yes, its allowed that we can under semantic versioning rules. I'm saying we shouldn't. > > I understand the wish to reduce the number of branches to maintain, we > must just make sure we know what we're talking about. > > If we would start branching MAJOR releases only, then we'll need some > kind of policy on what branches are still being developed (i.e new > MINOR releases are allowed in that branch) and what branches are in > maintenance mode only (i.e. only new PATCH releases allowed). All branches are in maintenance mode except master. Typically we only do PATCH releases for a branch. If we've needed to add a function to a branch (e.g. a missing accessor) then we make it a MINOR release. Otherwise we don't add new functionality (as now). Matt _______________________________________________ openssl-project mailing list openssl-project@openssl.org https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-project