On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 14:01 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > >Another way to potentially look at it is that alpha/beta may > >go in Release, but *post* release letter affixes go in Version; > >for example, I wouldn't want to move OpenSSL to using the letters > >in the release. > > I could see that. > > So, basically: > > alpha/beta/pre/cvs builds that considered "pre" releases use the Release > field to note the value as documented currently. > > "Final" release versions with characters can stay in the Version field. > > Thoughts? This is definitely the right direction. Handling alpha/beta releases isn't as high a priority as dealing with the typical release naming schemes. -- Elliot
