GNU bug report logs - #13578
A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

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Message #47 received at 13578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jack Kelly <jack <at> jackkelly.name>
To: Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes <at> flameeyes.eu>
Cc: 13578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>,
	automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake
	releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:58:14 +1100

Diego Elio Pettenò <flameeyes <at> flameeyes.eu> writes:
> Okay that sounds reasonable. I would be more toward 24 than 18 — maybe
> going for 18 to the next "beta"-quality automake, 24 to the final
> release. Speaking of which I would suggest that we call X.0 the betas,
> and suggest general usage only when X.1 is out...

IMHO, that seems like a great way to cause trouble for unsuspecting
users. (Anyone remember KDE4.0?) Can you expand on why you think it's a
good plan?

Is there a system like X.beta1, X.beta2, ..., X.0 that is going to fit
the ordering system for most package managers? Bonus points if it works
in asciibetical order, too.

-- Jack

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