On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:47:52AM -0500, Tilghman Lesher wrote: > One of the problems with this traditional approach is that it's not obvious > unless you know what "rc" means. In the case of someone new to software > development, I want them never to assume that "1.6.0-rc2" means "1.6.0 > plus something else, presumably desireable to have". Note that this isn't > without precedence; netatalk was distributed for years as netatalk-1.3+asun. > It would be perfectly reasonable to assume that "rc" was someone's initials.
I disagree. For the audience "has to make a choice of which version to release without asking someone more knowledgeable", it's perfectly serviceable. Anyone not smart enough to know that rc in a version number means Release Candidate shouldn't be picking their own version anyway, they should be using a package, or asking someone (which comes to the same thing). > > Another proposal has been using 1.5 to indicate that it is a release > > candidate. For example, 1.5.3, 1.5.3.1, 1.5.3.2, etc., would be the release > > candidates for the upcoming 1.6.3 release. > > This method is no less obvious than "rc1" for the untrained and ensures that > people who do not wish to become guinea pigs will remain out of that arena > (i.e. if they only choose the version that sorts to the bottom of the > directory, they will always be running a release). No, this is *much* less obvious than rc1. > The universal problem is that we'd like people who know little to pick the > right version, with no training (and yes, the system using "rc" to indicate > release candidates is also a matter of training, the abbreviation is not > obvious to the untrained). Certainly. People who know little should not be *trying* to interpret version numbers; they should be using what a packager, a website, or a knowledgeable other source *tells* them to use. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users