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Re: dot five-o series versions - GDB 6.2.50
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:54:44PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> > Cut'n'paste error, or have I not understood the convention you were using
> >in that diagram? Or both?
> >
> Mutter something rude, attempt #2. thanks :-)
>
> Hello,
>
> Ref: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/translation/HTML/maintainers.html
>
> The translators are looking for a versioning schema that makes it easy
> to undersand how two versions relate to each other. Unfortunatly, GDB's
> current versioning doesn't do this. Without knowing the policy, it's
> hard to know whats going on with:
>
> 2004-09-03
> 6.2_2004-09_03
>
> consequently, I'd like to propose that things be changed to the following:
>
> M.N.5x:
> Indicate the mainline. It's half way between releases -> .50.
> Ex 6.2.50, 6.2.50_2004-09-03
>
> M.N.9x:
> Indicate pre release versions drawn from the branch.
>
> M.N / M.N.O:
> The release.
This looks like a great idea to me.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz