I support A. If I get a package from an RPM repository and the version number is 1.3, I will think it is better than 1.2.
If I get a package from an RPM repository and the version number is 1.3.unstable, I am smart enough to know that it might be "unstable".
-ejay
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 21:48 +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
Timo Sirainen schrieb:
After v1.0 is released, I can finally get back to sane version numbers. But any comments on which one is better:
a) Postfix-style: "1.1.UNSTABLE.YYYYMMDD" -> 1.1.0 (stable)
b) Odd-even numbering: 1.1.x (unstable) -> 1.2.0 (stable)
With a) style the releases could be done by simply copying a nightly snapshot to releases/ directory and announcing the changes since the last release. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
I suggest a), consider however adding a public list that shows the release dates. The latter is helpful if you start fixing bugs in the stable release and the unstable at the same time, so that people can easily check the bug fix date for the common fixes.