From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Elena Zannoni To: Kevin Buettner Cc: jtc@redback.com, Michael Elizabeth Chastain , ac131313@cygnus.com, gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: CVS versions of gdb have same number as stable version. Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 12:29:00 -0000 Message-id: <14989.36272.996420.519178@kwikemart.cygnus.com> References: <200102161928.LAA00929@bosch.cygnus.com> <5mhf1u9z9y.fsf@jtc.redback.com> <1010216201646.ZM12268@ocotillo.lan> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00237.html Kevin Buettner writes: > On Feb 16, 11:57am, J.T. Conklin wrote: > > > If I'm not misremembering the 5.0.XX convention (perhaps it's only > > used for formal 5.1 test releases), I'd approve the change. I > > strongly prefer that form to "-experimental". But I would prefer > > input from others, cuz it seems somehow wrong to approve your own > > proposal. > > I think that 5.0.XX makes sense for the branch that'll eventually be > created for the 5.1 release. For the development sources, I think > that Michael C's suggestion of "5.1-experimental" (or whatever it was) > is preferable since it also clearly distinguishes between release > candidates and the ongoing development on the trunk. > > Kevin > Let's look at the history: 1999-04-09 Jim Blandy * GDB 4.18 released. * Makefile.in (VERSION): Bump to 4.18.1. Mon Mar 2 17:04:25 1998 Jason Molenda (crash@bugshack.cygnus.com) * Makefile (VERSION): Bump to 4.17.1. Mon Apr 22 20:17:01 1996 Fred Fish * Makefile.in (VERSION): Bump version number to 4.16.1. * NEWS: Update for 4.16 release. Wed Feb 28 15:50:12 1996 Fred Fish * Makefile.in (VERSION): Bump version to 4.15.2 to establish baseline for gdb 4.16 rerelease testing. Wed Oct 11 17:25:59 1995 Fred Fish * Makefile.in (VERSION): Bump version to 4.15.1 Tue Oct 10 15:26:39 1995 Fred Fish * Makefile.in (VERSION): Version 4.15 released. * README: Updated for version 4.15. * NEWS: Updated for 4.15 release. Etc. Etc. I am in favour of 5.0.1, which is consistent with what we did in the past. Elena