Re: Release policy question

On 2/2/06, Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@red-bean.com> wrote:
> > Re Greg's comments: I'm not 100% happy either with a method that can
> > result in the first release in a series being something other than
> > ".0". But I'm not 100% happy with the alternatives either, and at
> > least we can always put something in the release notes explaining what
> > happened, so those who bother to read the notes will not be confused.
>
>
> It's hard to make a judgement call here, because we're weighing
> "complex for svn developers" vs. "confusing for users".
>
> Is the extra release-complexity imposed on ~15 active developers worth
> the tradeoff of preventing user-confusion over tarball names? It
> sounds like you think it's not worth it. I'm sort of thinking it is.
> Hm.
+1. I'd be happy to rename the tarball before signing, especially if
it would save us from burning version numbers unnecessarily.

Cheers,

David

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David James -- http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~james
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