RE: Version bump.

2016-03-30 Thread Dan Poirot
: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 3:42 AM To: devel@ntpsec.org Subject: Re: Version bump. dtpoi...@gmail.com said: > Folks also use odd numbers for development branches and adding a dot > release for new features. I think we should seriously consider the odd-even aproach. That solves most

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-30 Thread Hal Murray
dtpoi...@gmail.com said: > Folks also use odd numbers for development branches and adding a dot release > for new features. I think we should seriously consider the odd-even aproach. That solves most of the ambiguity problem. It uses the bottom bit of a numeric slot to indicate firm vs fuzz

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-27 Thread Joel Sherrill
On Mar 27, 2016 6:24 PM, "Chris Johns" wrote: > > On 26/03/2016 8:05 AM, Amar Takhar wrote: >> >> On 2016-03-25 13:51 -0700, Hal Murray wrote: So, ntpd 0.9.2-afceec0+ >>> >>> >>> I'd put the + right after the 2: >>>ntpd 0.9.2+afceec0 or ntpd 0.9.2+ if you build without git. >>> >>> M

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-27 Thread Chris Johns
On 26/03/2016 8:05 AM, Amar Takhar wrote: On 2016-03-25 13:51 -0700, Hal Murray wrote: So, ntpd 0.9.2-afceec0+ I'd put the + right after the 2: ntpd 0.9.2+afceec0 or ntpd 0.9.2+ if you build without git. My normal mode of operation is to have a master copy on one system, rsync to other sys

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Amar Takhar
On 2016-03-25 13:51 -0700, Hal Murray wrote: > > So, ntpd 0.9.2-afceec0+ > > I'd put the + right after the 2: > ntpd 0.9.2+afceec0 or ntpd 0.9.2+ if you build without git. > > My normal mode of operation is to have a master copy on one system, rsync to > other systems dropping the .git directo

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Hal Murray
> So, ntpd 0.9.2-afceec0+ I'd put the + right after the 2: ntpd 0.9.2+afceec0 or ntpd 0.9.2+ if you build without git. My normal mode of operation is to have a master copy on one system, rsync to other systems dropping the .git directory to save space and time, and then build there. (.git is

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Daniel Poirot
Folks also use odd numbers for development branches and adding a dot release for new features. Even numbers are for release branches with dot releases for maintenance release. Increment in the version number would indicate a major milestone. The '-v' command line switch should report the sh

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Amar Takhar : > On 2016-03-25 09:47 -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > Amar Takhar : > > > Advancing the version stops that confusion. > > > > Another praxtice often used is to append "+" to the version after a release. > > Oh? I've never heard of that interesting. I will throw that in it can't

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Amar Takhar
On 2016-03-25 09:47 -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Amar Takhar : > > Advancing the version stops that confusion. > > Another praxtice often used is to append "+" to the version after a release. Oh? I've never heard of that interesting. I will throw that in it can't hurt. I'm going to throw

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Eric S. Raymond
Amar Takhar : > Advancing the version stops that confusion. Another praxtice often used is to append "+" to the version after a release. -- http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond ___ devel mailing list devel@ntpsec.org http://lists.

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-25 Thread Amar Takhar
On 2016-03-24 23:18 -0700, Hal Murray wrote: > > I don't see how the next version is any better than the previous one. It may > seem that way to you, but it will be just as logical to somebody else who > gets started the other way. Because what is in master right now *is* 0.9.3. It's very com

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-24 Thread Hal Murray
v...@darkbeer.org said: >> 0.9.3 isn't right either. It will look like the real 0.9.3 > I can change it to add a revision to the version number. But there is no > other way to denote the next version all the current changes go into 0.9.3 > so it is the correct number to use. I don't see how t

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-24 Thread Amar Takhar
On 2016-03-24 21:47 -0700, Hal Murray wrote: > > v...@darkbeer.org said: > > devel shouldn't be at 0.9.2 still as it has already been released. This > > will make the snapshots easier to understand as users are always testing the > > next release not the current. > > 0.9.3 isn't right either.

Re: Version bump.

2016-03-24 Thread Hal Murray
v...@darkbeer.org said: > devel shouldn't be at 0.9.2 still as it has already been released. This > will make the snapshots easier to understand as users are always testing the > next release not the current. 0.9.3 isn't right either. It will look like the real 0.9.3 I think we need some cons