[Alexandria-list] 0.6.3 Plans

[Cathal Mc Ginley]

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:38:10 -0600
"Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney" <devi.webmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 23, 2008 10:48 PM, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I propose that we do a very modest 0.6.3 release based on a few
> > small changes, and that we make the timing of the release dependent
> > on completion of the tasks we set ourselves in this thread.
> 
> I'm debating whether it is worth adding a version epoch onto the
> Alexandria 0.6.2 package so that 0.6.2>0.6.2bx
> How long do you expect 0.6.3 to take? I don't suppose you have any
> idea how well-distributed the 0.6.2 betas were.
> 

Yes, I only figured out the versioning difficulty I had introduced just
as we were about to release 0.6.2 final. But I don't expect 0.6.3 to
take more than two or three weeks (two weeks is perhaps optimistic).
That being the case, 0.6.3 will be 'newer' than 0.6.2bx - the damage I
caused is limited - so an epoch won't be needed.

> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version

So, betas for 0.6.3 should be versioned as 0.6.2+0.6.3b1 - is this
right? I'm following "Packaging tips for unofficial Debian packages"
http://people.debian.org/~calvin/unofficial/
(the section "Advanced package versioning")


In terms of deb files downloaded from RubyForge
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=205
0.6.2b1       322
0.6.2b2       518
0.6.2 (final) 467

- From getdeb.net, I remember remarking on a few hundred downloads of
beta2, and the current count for 0.6.2final is 290.

So, yes, it seems beta2 is more widely distributed than the final
release. D'oh! Well, I think we'll be making more announcements for
the 0.6.3 release anyway, now that we're a bit more confident about the
release process.

   -   Cathal.
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