my preference would be everything you describe apart from the tag.  I
am not a fan of encoding too much in the file name. I would prefer
some decent release notes contained within the zip.

thanks,
mike

2009/8/1 Miguel Enrique Cobá Martinez <[email protected]>:
> Now that the release date for pharo is close, I propose to use the
> following sintax for the pharo core products
>
> PharoCore-x.y-#####-TagName.zip
>
> where
> x.y
>  is the version of pharo (0.1, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, etc)
> #####
>  is the number of image release in that version (10449, 10450, 10451,
> etc)
> TagName
>  is a tag for better explain some specific feature of the image
> (closure, RELEASE, STABLE, beta, etc)
>
> e.g.
>
> For a normal daily release, say 10450, in the 0.1 branch:
>
> PharoCore-0.1-10450.zip
>
> For the image that has all tests in green:
>
> PharoCore-0.1-10456-AllTestGreen.zip
>
> For the image that it is the first stable 1.0:
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10478-RELEASE_1_0.zip
>
> For the next image with the NewCompiler code integrated, after the 1.0
> release:
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10490-NewCompiler.zip
>
> For a subsecuent 1.1 release, that includes NewCompiler:
>
> PharoCore-1.1-10511-RELEASE_1_1.zip
>
> When, for example, 1.1 is the current branch, and 1.0 has fixes support
> and a new emergency release for the old 1.0 branch:
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10512-UPDATE_1.zip
>
> Release for pharo 2.0:
>
> PharoCore-2.0-10890-RELEASE_2_0.zip
>
> Other fix in the 1.1 branch (brach 1.0 is out of support):
>
> PharoCore-1.1-10915-UPDATE_1.zip
>
> Notes: We can also reset the number in each mayor release (0.1, 1.0,
> 1.1, etc) so that the updates to the old supportes branches can be a
> continuous. For example, the previous names would be (in the same order
> of release as the examples above):
>
> PharoCore-0.1-10450.zip
>
> PharoCore-0.1-10456-AllTestGreen.zip
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10001-RELEASE_1_0.zip
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10002-NewCompiler.zip
>
> PharoCore-1.1-10001-RELEASE_1_1.zip
>
> PharoCore-1.0-10003-UPDATE_1.zip
>
> PharoCore-2.0-10001-RELEASE_2_0.zip
>
> PharoCore-1.1-10002-UPDATE_1.zip
>
> etc
>
> Also, the PharoCore-1.0-10001-RELEASE_1_0.zip would be a copy of the
> last image of 0.1 branch (in this example
> PharoCore-0.1-10456-AllTestGreen.zip)
>
> But this is mostly estetic and can potentially confuse new users.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
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