Joost van der Sluis schrieb: >> Later fixes should be supplied as patches (AKA "service packs"), IMO. > > You have never managed the release of a complex (open-source?) > application, didn't you? > > If a showstopper pops up, you have to cancel the release and make > another. You can't release buggy software and then release a > service-pack on the day the original release is released!
Distinguish between distribution lines. My suggestion is for the repository itself. A tarball can contain the patched version, and can have other naming conventions. RPM packages frequently come with patches. etc. DoDi _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
