On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:35 PM, "Ulrich Stärk" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 5.2.6 in my scheme would just be that: 5.2.6. We could have had > 5.2.6-alpha or 5.2.6-RC if we had seen the need for it but there wasn't. > > In fact what I proposed would make things even easier and less > beaurocratic than it is now: No new versions in Jira for unstable releases > except if we wanted them, no formal votes (since it is declared a test > package) and no need for all the other formalities (are NOTICE and LICENSE > files in place, is the source package in order,...) required for a full > Apache release. > > And it would allow users to see the status (alpha, beta, RC) at a glance. Any suffix put pressure on the user and almost all users tend to avoid the usage of a "release with a suffix". Please keep the current scheme, adding the suffix and start using it just make noise if the project has not a clear and predefined release procedure with (more or less strict) timelines. Cheers -- Massimo http://meridio.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
