Version numbering for release DECISION!

[George Georgalis]

On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 12:32:06AM +0200, Erik P. Skaalerud wrote:
>Ed skrev:
>>On Monday 28 March 2005 10:13, Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
>>
>>>>  -CURRENT	Will indicate a build based on the head of the CVS tree.
>>>>  -WORKING	Will indicate a build baesd on our current stable tag
>>>>  -RELEASE	Will indicate a build based on a release branch.
>>>>  -STABLE	Will indicate a build based on a post-release branch.
>>>
>>>Sorry, I think this is overkill.
>>>
>>>In the years I've been giving FreeBSD user support people already had
>>>difficulty understanding the difference between three names.
>
>Yes, I know that FreeBSD people have difficulties understanding the 
>branch names, -because- FreeBSD names a not released branch as -STABLE. 
>Imagine yourself being a new user, what sounds more stable? The word 
>STABLE or RELEASE? We all here understand what the branches are, but 
>newcomers don't.
>
>Sorry if someone have answered this question before, but why should a 
>post-release branch be named -STABLE? It does not make any sense at all 
>(or does it?). Please enlighten me :-)
>
>My suggestion is to have one branch named -CVS (or some other _very_ 
>spooky name, like -DEVEL), one named -BETA(ALPHA?) (similar to freebsd's 
>-STABLE) and one named -RELEASE. IMHO this scheme is easy to understand, 
>and it will not attract unexperienced people to branches wich they 
>really should not run.


Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but what exactly is the need
for a -RELEASE tag? Isn't it just the oldest date of a given -STABLE?

-CURRENT   Will indicate a build based on the head of the CVS tree.
-WORKING   Will indicate a build baesd on our current stable tag
-STABLE    Will indicate a build based on a post-release branch.

so if someone wants "20050401-RELEASE" for some reason, they just
grab the 20050401 iso, or

 cvs co -D 'April 1, 2005' -r 20050401-STABLE .

think syntax is right, unchecked.

. ..and while I'm posting, how about these tags...

-UNSTABLE
-WORKING
-STABLE

Happy Fools day!

// George


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