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author | W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> | 2009-07-21 15:22:09 -0400 |
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committer | W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu> | 2009-07-21 15:22:09 -0400 |
commit | 9ef8e376212786d8a99cfa19bfcd9c6e70735d0a (patch) | |
tree | 50d05dc3394845e1d1fd172be9125102d07ad43e /.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8 | |
parent | 949b17853e384d4bce85a2ab0b29cf28375465aa (diff) | |
download | bugseverywhere-9ef8e376212786d8a99cfa19bfcd9c6e70735d0a.tar.gz |
I imported a few threads from the mailing list as wishlist bugs.
12c:uw: Bug aggregation. Multi-repo meta-BE?
529:ow: How should we version BE?
2f0:aw: Static html report generation
22b:aw: Sorting targets chronologically
d99:aw: CherryPy interface "Cherry-flavored BE"
e08:aw: Interactive email interface
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diff --git a/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/body b/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/body new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24ff7b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/body @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +"W. Trevor King" <wking@drexel.edu> writes: + +> Currently setup.py sets the version number for BE to 0.0.193 and the +> url to http://panoramicfeedback.com/opensource/. These are both a bit +> outdated ;). + +Right, that should change. + +> I've switched my branch over to the current url, and moved to +> last-commit-timestamp version numbers. + +Please, no. Timestamps aren't version strings, that's conflating two +pieces of information with very different meanings. Correlating the two +is the job of a changelog. + +> This removes the "prefered branch" issues with the old scheme, and +> version numbers should increase monotonically + +The English word “should” is ambiguous in this context. Are you saying +this is desirable, or are you predicting that it will likely be the +case? + +I don't see how it's either, so am doubly confused :-) + +> but it looses any stability information suggested by the preceding +> 0.0. + +The convention for three-part version strings is often: + + * Major release number (big changes in how the program works, + increasing monotonically per major release, with “0”indicating no + major release yet) + + * Minor release number (smaller impact on how the program works, + increasing monotonically per minor release, with “0” indicating no + minor release yet since the previous major) + + * Patch release number (bug-fix and other changes that don't affect + the documented interface, increasing monotonically per patch + release, with “0” indicating no patch release since the previous + major or minor) + +Obviously there's no standard or enforcement for this, but that's the +interpretation I usually give to dotted version strings in the absence +of more formal declaration specific to the project. + +> We can add those back in if people want. Does the first 0 mean +> "interfaces in flux" and the second 0 mean "lots of bugs"? If so, I +> think we're up to 0.1, since the major features are pretty calm. + +I disagree with your interpretation and prefer mine, above; on that +basis, I agree that we're at least up to version 0.1 by now :-) + +-- + \ “A lot of water has been passed under the bridge since this | + `\ variation has been played.” chess book, Russia | +_o__) | +Ben Finney diff --git a/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/values b/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/values new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b70837 --- /dev/null +++ b/.be/bugs/529c290e-b1cf-4800-be7e-68f1ecb9565c/comments/744435b7-1521-4059-a55d-f0c403d7b4d8/values @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Alt-id: <87ocrnjvat.fsf@benfinney.id.au> + + +Content-type: text/plain + + +Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:36:26 +1000 + + +From: Ben Finney <bignose+hates-spam@benfinney.id.au> + + +In-reply-to: cdf15bdd-d3fe-4251-9d0b-f1b687e9a26c + |