[Opensim-dev] Version Numbering Schemes

[James Stallings II]

+1

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Stefan Andersson <stefan at tribalmedia.se>wrote:

>  +1 fo sho.
>
> Also, I would love if there was any kind of room for 'fortifying' a given
> version branch within the repo.
>
> I mean, when we tagged 0.6.0, could we have a branch that was dedicated to
> just applying bug-fixes, and stabilizing fixes to?
>
> We've already said that we don't have the resources within the project to
> do proper release cycle, but could we at least have somewhere for people who
> want to work on stability over features for a given version? I know it would
> definitively help with my debugging motivation to have one there - and
> believe it or not, but in the majority of cases, you can actually apply the
> changes directly into the next version as well.
>
> How about a 0.6.0_fortified branch? Or some other numbering, perhaps?
>
> So, 0.6.1 would be bugfixes + ongoing development,
> 0.6.0_fortified would only be bugfixes, and done only by those who actually
> find the motivation to work on fortification of a given version.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefan Andersson
> Tribal Media AB
>
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> From: adam at deepthink.com.au
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:01:07 -0500
> Subject: [Opensim-dev] Version Numbering Schemes
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>  I'd like to propose switching our version numbering schemes to something
> similar to how the Linux Kernel used to operate, whereby we have unstable
> and stable version numbers independent of each other.
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> For instance,
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> 0.6.0 is a stable release
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> 0.6.1 is under development
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> 0.6.2 is stable, etc.
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> So as soon as we tag a stable release, we then increment the version number
> straight away up to an odd number to indicate that we're now working on
> potentially a not so stable version, when it returns to stability, we tag it
> again to an even number, add the tag & release, then increment back to an
> unstable one.
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> This way, when users say they are using 0.6.X, we can quickly determine if
> they are on a stable supported release, or bleeding edge.
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> Thoughts?
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>
> Adam
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