Yehuda Sadeh-Weinraub wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Loic Dachary" <loic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Sage Weil" <sweil@xxxxxxxxxx>, ceph-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:38:31 PM
>> Subject: Re: ceph versions
>>
>> Hi Sage,
>>
>> I prefer Option D because it's self explanatory. We could also drop the
>> names. I became attached to them but they are confusing to the new users
>> who is required to remember that firefly is 0.80, giant is 0.87 etc.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On 27/02/2015 00:12, Sage Weil wrote:
>> > -- Option D -- "labeled"
>> >
>> > X.Y-{dev,rc,release}Z
>> >
>> > - Increment Y on each major named release
>> > - Increment X if it's a major major named release (bigger change
>> > than usual)
>> > - Use dev, rc, or release prefix to clearly label what type of release
>> > this is
>> > - Increment Z for stable updates
>> >
>> > 1.0-dev1 first infernalis dev release
>> > 1.0-dev2 another dev release
>> > ...
>> > 1.0-rc1 first rc
>> > 1.0-rc2 next rc
>> > 1.0-release1 final release
>> > 1.0-release2 stable update
>> > 1.0-release3 stable update
>> > 1.1-dev1 first cut for j-release
>> > 1.1-dev2 ...
>> > ...
>> > 1.1-rc1
>> > 1.1-release1 stable
>> > 1.1-release2 stable
>> > 1.1-release3 stable
>> >
>> > Q: How do I tell what kind of release this is?
>> > A: Look at the string embedded in the version
>> >
>> > Q: Will these funny strings confuse things that sort by version?
>> > A: I don't think so.
>>
>> dev < rc < release : good pick ;-)
>>
>
> This is the one I lean towards, with one slight variation. I'd drop the
> 'release' tag and have X.Y[.Z] format for the formal releases, e.g.,
> 2.0-dev1 first infernalis dev release 2.0-dev2
> ..
> 2.0-rc1
> 2.0-rc2
> ...
> 2.0 # infarnalis
> 2.0.1 # first dot release
> ...
> 2.1-dev1 # first j dev release
> ...
> 2.1 # j release
>
> Then after a few release move to 3.0 to avoid the dreadful big numbers.
>
> Sage did mention that this might have some issues in certain environments
> to sort correctly. Possibly replacing the dash with a tilde solves this?
Sorting correctly isn't the issue - the issue is that you either need
separate "channels" (which from experience has been a real pain with
packaging Chrome in Exherbo), or you need to manually rewrite the download
URL and such because it's an outright invalid version string from the
package manager's perspective.
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