Re: [Xen-devel] (release) versioning

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 06.05.15 at 11:02, <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Adding a trailing redundant -rc (with or without the N) might help, and
> omitting the N (e.g. "5.0.1-rc") would reduce the redundancy to near
> zero.

Good suggestion.

> Was 5.0-rcN leading to a 5.0 release considered and ruled out?

It wasn't mentioned in the discussion I think, but ...

> I suppose
> it looses the benefit of the numeric portion sorting properly.

... based on this I had rules it out before that (and hence didn't
even bring it up as a possibility). And using 5.0-rcN to lead to a
5.1.0 release would become odd/misleading the latest for
subsequent stable release RCs.

Jan


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