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Import AnaGram (near-)release tree into Mercurial.
author David A. Holland
date Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:52:45 -0500
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1 Theory of AG version numbers (as of 20060806, updated 20070603, 20070613)
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4 - Any version of AG has a "base version number". This is 2.01 for
5 2.01, 2.40 for the first public open source version, 2.50 for the
6 stable open source version, and 3.00 for the first GTK version,
7 whenever that appears. This version goes into the Windows registry.
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9 - Development snapshots leading up to the first release with a
10 particular base version number are numbered with the new base version,
11 a dash, and the date or a release candidate number. Examples:
12 2.40-20070610; 2.40-RC2.
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14 - Stable versions have the base version followed by a dot and the
15 build number, aka patchlevel. For example: 2.40.01.
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17 - Every changeset committed to the stable branch causes a new build
18 and increments the build number. Needless to say, you don't commit to
19 the stable branch lightly.
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21 - A development version built directly from a CVS or Mercurial
22 working directory will be numbered 2.40-current, because it's difficult or
23 impossible to ascertain the proper date. Assuming the proper date is
24 even well defined.
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26 - A stable version built directly from a CVS or Mercurial working
27 directory will be numbered 2.40.01-current.
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29 - If we set up anoncvs, which if properly managed is equivalent to
30 issuing a devel snapshot every night, it should be possible to inject
31 the date.
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