On Jul 26, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 03:01:29PM -0700, Justin Pettit wrote:
>> When development for a new long-term release is started, we haven't
>> typically updated the version string.  This means that version numbers
>> used in binaries generated on this branch tend to lag behind "current"
>> stable releases.  We considered using a "pre" string in the version
>> (eg, "1.2.0-pre1") but this causes some pain for RPMs.  Instead, we
>> will now use "90" as the version's bug-fix number to indicate that this
>> will form a new release.
>> 
>> For example, the current stable series is "1.1.x" in the "branch-1.1"
>> branch, so the master branch will be labeled "1.1.90" in anticipation
>> that it will be the basis for the "1.2.x" series.  Code in "branch-1.1"
>> will have the expected version numbers (ie, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, etc)
>> and versions in-branch will lag slightly before an official release.
>> 
>> Suggested-by: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
> 
> I approve!


Thank you.  Pushed.

--Justin



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