[Proftpd-user] Thoughts on using semver for future version labels?

[TJ Saunders]

I've been thinking/wondering whether it would make sense for ProFTPD to
use semver[1] semantics for its versioning. Thus rather than:

1.3.7rc1

we'd have:

1.3.7-rc1

Or maybe we'd move away from the RC process, and instead start to
increase the patch number more frequently, incrementing that number
instead of using RC labels:

1.3.7
1.3.8
1.4.0

And so the "stable" releases would start be more of incrementing the
minor or major versions.

Thoughts?
TJ

[1] http://semver.org/

[Dieter Bloms]

Hi,

Post by TJ Saunders
I've been thinking/wondering whether it would make sense for ProFTPD to
1.3.7rc1
1.3.7-rc1
Or maybe we'd move away from the RC process, and instead start to
increase the patch number more frequently, incrementing that number
1.3.7
1.3.8
1.4.0
And so the "stable" releases would start be more of incrementing the
minor or major versions.

I would like the stable version with an even number in the middle an the
unstable ones with an odd one.

Ex. for unstable versions
1.3.7
1.3.8

2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2

Ex. for stable ones:

1.4.0
1.4.1
1.4.2

2.2.0
2.2.1
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Regards

Dieter

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Post by TJ Saunders
From field.

[Thomas Spicer]

My vote would be to drop the RC and use incrementing numbering. If you look
at the master commit branch the amount of work/updates/fixes/patches occurs
with great frequency. It will require thinking about how your branches are
working though, so that might be the biggest change in a switch.

Post by TJ Saunders
I've been thinking/wondering whether it would make sense for ProFTPD to
1.3.7rc1
1.3.7-rc1
Or maybe we'd move away from the RC process, and instead start to
increase the patch number more frequently, incrementing that number
1.3.7
1.3.8
1.4.0
And so the "stable" releases would start be more of incrementing the
minor or major versions.
Thoughts?
TJ
[1] http://semver.org/
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