[ntp:hackers] Post 4.2.8 Release Number Scheme
Kurt Roeckx
kurt at roeckx.be
Tue Dec 31 16:22:26 UTC 2013
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 11:08:04AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
>
> 2) The proliferation of beta and rc is awkward. The scheme described
> looks locally made up, and there are no examples. The problem is that
> these designations have to be machine-parseable to sort, which means
> that large numbers of packaging systems have to implement code to
> recognize and sort these designators. I would suggest
>
> 5.2.0b1
> 5.2.0b2
> 5.2.0b3
> 5.2.0rc1
> 5.2.0rc2
> 5.2.0
>
> in order, to do the same thing as many others. (Really, I would
> recommend the ancient GNU scheme of
>
> 5.2.0.80
> 5.2.0.81
> 5.2.0.82
> 5.2.0.90
> 5.2.0.91
> 5.2.0
I hope there is some error in that somewhere, since to me it looks
like the last number goes back.
Kurt
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