Re: Release lifetime and version number changes?

[Ross Jacobs <rossbjacobs () gmail com>]

I agree that even/odd is non-standard and confusing.


> I’m not sure. How would we label the development branch? It’s currently
3.1.0 or is it 3.1.0rc0? (Version 3.1.0 (v3.1.0rc0-521-gdba02458)) would
people understand?

> But I’m ok  either way.

I think the Python developer guide <https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/> does
this well:


3.1.0TN :
* T = [a, b, rc] (alpha, beta, release candidate)
* N = release number

When development would be released, remove TN for release and increment the
MINOR for development branch.

Cheers,
Ross

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 8:30 AM Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com>
wrote:

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> *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number
> changes?
>
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> > I think dropping the even/odd scheme is a good  idea.
>
> I’m not sure. How would we label the development branch? It’s currently
> 3.1.0 or is it 3.1.0rc0? (Version 3.1.0 (v3.1.0rc0-521-gdba02458)) would
> people understand?
>
> But I’m ok  either way.
>
>
>
> > Personally I'd go down to 2 active branches but then my group wouldn't be
> adversely affected by  dropping the "old old stable" version since we
> invariably use the stable version. More weight should be given to the
> opinions of people who do >use old stable versions. I would point out
> that the proposed change gives no firm guarantee on the supported lifetime
> of a branch at all. Could it be as short as two months? Potentially,
> since there would be nothing to stop us releasing a branch >a month
> (unlikely,  but from the user's perspective they would have no control over
> that)
>
>
>
> For me 2 active branches sounds good. We use the development branch any
> way with our own ID marking.
>
> Regards
>
> Anders
>
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