On 2009-04-30 19:52+0100 Andrew Ross wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:30:16AM -0700, Alan Irwin wrote: >> On 2009-04-30 09:23-0600 Orion Poplawski wrote: >> >>> Time to bump version to 5.9.3 in svn? >> >> Good question. >> >> Normally, all version bumps (overall release version, library version >> numbers, etc.) occur as part of the release process (see >> README.Release_Manager_Cookbook). So the overall version bump to 5.9.3 >> should happen (according to Hazen's recent post) on Sunday. >> >> However, README.Release_Manager_Cookbook simply codifies the procedure we >> have used in the past, and I certainly think there is room for improvement >> since the current version number (5.9.2) in svn is not correct, but changing >> it to 5.9.3 would not be correct either until the release. One way to solve >> this issue is just after a release change the overall release version to >> something intermediate between the release number that was just done and the >> next release number to indicate we are preparing for the next release but we >> are not there yet. I am leaning toward something non-specific but still >> indicative that we are in the development stage between two releases such as >> "5.9.2+", but I am open to other suggestions as well. >> >> Andrew (as Debian packager) and Hazen (as PLplot release manager), what do >> you think is the best thing to do here? > > One other thought. We might like to consider making beta releases before a > final release. I think we've done that in the past. Only the whole we > have quite good continuous testing, particularly with Alan's efforts over > the last year or so, so perhaps this is also an overkill.
I think that RC releases (which I assume you meant rather than betas) are probably overkill before development releases like the present release, but I think they are a great idea just (say a week or so) before our stable releases to test platforms and configuration combinations that our developers haven't tried in their own testing. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
