On 11/25/2013 09:44 AM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
Here's the full comment:The version string has one of the forms: X.Y X.Y.Z Z != 0 X.Y.Z.W W != 0 where each X, Y, Z, W is a non-negative exact integer, Y must not exceed 99, and Z or W must not exceed 999. Y>=90 means that this is working towards {X+1}.0, and X.Y (Z=0, W=0) is an alpha version for {X+1}.0; Z>=900 means working towards X.{Y+1}, and X.Y.Z as an alpha release. Then intent is that when Z and W are 0, the string form of the version number is just X.Y, not X.Y.Z.W. How about this clarification? ... and X.Y (i.e., Z=0 and W=0, so Z and W are omitted from the string form) ...
That's not the part that needs clarifying. I think that fact that the string form drops final zeros is clear from lines 2-4.
The part that needs clarifying is how to choose the version number for the alpha releases leading up to version {X+1}.0. (Really, how to choose alpha version numbers in general, since I've had similar problems in the past.) From this statement, "X.Y (Z=0, W=0) is an alpha version for {X+1}.0" (Y>=90 already stated), I would expect that 5.91 would be a fine alpha version number for 6.0. Is it? If not, what should the alpha version number be?
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