Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Mladen Turk
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, Ahh, OK, I understand. Can we make the version in build.xml be something like 1.0 then, so that no user can confuse it for the latest build? Well, the in build.xml also reflects the builded distributions. For example if the 'dotted=5.5.0.0' the 'version name' would be 5.5

RE: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Shapira, Yoav
tember 03, 2004 10:56 AM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming > >Shapira, Yoav wrote: > >> Hi, >> The x.x-dev is a placeholder in build.xml. The Release Manager adds >> version=a.b.c to his/her build.properties when doing a rele

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Mladen Turk
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, The x.x-dev is a placeholder in build.xml. The Release Manager adds version=a.b.c to his/her build.properties when doing a release, thereby overriding the placeholder x.x-dev value. This is a common convention not just for Tomcat, but for almost every open source project

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Remy Maucherat
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, The x.x-dev is a placeholder in build.xml. The Release Manager adds version=a.b.c to his/her build.properties when doing a release, thereby overriding the placeholder x.x-dev value. This is a common convention not just for Tomcat, but for almost every open source project

RE: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Shapira, Yoav
sage- >From: Mladen Turk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 10:46 AM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming > >Shapira, Yoav wrote: >> Hola, >> I'm 0 on it. I think we (and numerous other projec

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Mladen Turk
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hola, I'm 0 on it. I think we (and numerous other projects, large and small) have been doing fine with a.b.c, and a.b.c.d is overkill. But if it's automated, and we keep using a.b.c for normal releases and use a.b.c.d only for patches, then it's OK. Well, we actually have a

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Remy Maucherat
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hi, I meant automated in the sense that there's something like in jakarta-tomcat-5/build.xml to provide a good default. So we already have the automation I mentioned, it's nothing fancy ;) I'm disappointed ;) I was already having grand plans about how this could represent

RE: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Shapira, Yoav
aucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:17 AM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming > >Shapira, Yoav wrote: > >>Hola, >>I'm 0 on it. I think we (and numerous other projects, large and smal

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Remy Maucherat
Shapira, Yoav wrote: Hola, I'm 0 on it. I think we (and numerous other projects, large and small) have been doing fine with a.b.c, and a.b.c.d is overkill. But if it's automated, and we keep using a.b.c for normal releases and use a.b.c.d only for patches, then it's OK. You mention "if it's au

RE: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Shapira, Yoav
ennium Research Informatics >-Original Message- >From: Remy Maucherat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:30 AM >To: Tomcat Developers List >Subject: Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming > >Mladen Turk wrote: > >> Remy Maucherat wrote:

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Remy Maucherat
Mladen Turk wrote: Remy Maucherat wrote: Mladen Turk wrote: I was wondering if we can adopt some version naming like consisting of 4 digit groups. I don't see any benefits, other that forcing Yoav to recompile the installer all the time ;) Well, when rolling out any release, this still has to be

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Mladen Turk
Remy Maucherat wrote: Mladen Turk wrote: I was wondering if we can adopt some version naming like consisting of 4 digit groups. I don't see any benefits, other that forcing Yoav to recompile the installer all the time ;) Well, when rolling out any release, this still has to be done. Whether the na

Re: [5.5] Using dotted version naming

2004-09-03 Thread Remy Maucherat
Mladen Turk wrote: Hi, I've just bumped on a installer problem caused by the fact hat the current tomcat version has changed to '5.5-dev'. I was wondering if we can adopt some version naming like consisting of 4 digit groups. Something like: A.B.C.D A.B are product major and minor (so 5.5). If the