https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65289
Bug ID: 65289
Summary: Use semantic versioning scheme for WMF (all) releases
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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MediaWiki releases already support a very sane version scheme following a
standard <major>.<minor>.<patch>. I would like to propose that something like
the documented semantic versioning scheme be adopted for the other versions as
well.
http://semver.org
I've already discussed with Mark Hershberger (hexmode) regarding release
candidates and he is planning on doing this. So, "1.23.0rc1" becomes
"1.23.0-rc.1". It would be great if WMF releases could follow a similar
structure. So, "1.24.0wmf5" becomes "1.24.0-wmf.5".
Why care? Mainly by doing this we can more easily understand what the version
is. Also, following a standard allows easier programmatic work. For example,
there is a semantic version python package that will parse these easily and
cleanly.
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/semantic_version/2.3.0
I’m adopting this module for reading versions on WikiApiary for everything
(Mediawiki and extensions). Making the metadata of the release easier to
understand will make it easier to write queries like "How many 1.23 releases
are running a release candidate?"
Can this be done with no change to current versioning? Yes. But I think it
would be nice to set a standard around semantic versions that others could
follow.
Note that the Semantic Versioning convention allows a build field as well
prefixed with +. The Siteinfo/General API method already reveals the Git
version number, but the truncated hash could be used there if desired. I note
that there are at times multiple git commits associated with one WMF version
number. (e.g.,
https://wikiapiary.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki.org/General&diff=next&oldid=902490)
Related:
* Semantic MediaWiki has adopted this going forward.
https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/issues/109
* This was mentioned briefly in bug 61025.
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