Re: Problems with gnits standard and git-version-gen

2014-02-07 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> 1.00rc0 > > Personally, when I see a version number like that, I'm never sure > what it means. Probably the first rc leading up to 1.00, but maybe > it is an rc for 1.01 after 1.00. Well, I have *never* encountered that `1.00rc0' means a release candidate for 1.01. Have you? > And suffix

Re: Problems with gnits standard and git-version-gen

2014-02-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
For NTP, we have a kinda hard to describe but easy to read mechanism. For development versions (odd-number minor releases) each new "issue" gets a bumped "point number" (major.minor.point). If that issue is a release candidate it gets a "-RC" suffix. For stable versions (even-number minor releas

Re: Problems with gnits standard and git-version-gen

2014-02-07 Thread Karl Berry
1.00rc0 Personally, when I see a version number like that, I'm never sure what it means. Probably the first rc leading up to 1.00, but maybe it is an rc for 1.01 after 1.00. And suffixes sort badly in long lists (see, e.g., http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/). Anyway. Not trying to change your