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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 16:56:00 -0000
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com, Dave Korn <dk@artimi.com>
Subject: Re: dot five-o series versions - GDB 6.2.50
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On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:54:44PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >  Cut'n'paste error, or have I not understood the convention you were using
> >in that diagram?  Or both?
> >
> Mutter something rude, attempt #2.  thanks :-)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Ref: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/translation/HTML/maintainers.html
> 
> The translators are looking for a versioning schema that makes it easy 
> to undersand how two versions relate to each other.  Unfortunatly, GDB's 
> current versioning doesn't do this.  Without knowing the policy, it's 
> hard to know whats going on with:
> 
>     2004-09-03
>     6.2_2004-09_03
> 
> consequently, I'd like to propose that things be changed to the following:
> 
> M.N.5x:
> Indicate the mainline.  It's half way between releases -> .50.
> Ex 6.2.50, 6.2.50_2004-09-03
> 
> M.N.9x:
> Indicate pre release versions drawn from the branch.
> 
> M.N / M.N.O:
> The release.

This looks like a great idea to me.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz