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Re: [eclipselink-dev] Branching for 1.2 today...

Yes, there is. Good Question.

Several people have mentioned that it was odd to be building 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.1.3 on a branch named 1.1.0. Doug suggested that we standardize on branches using only the first two digits, and this makes a lot of sense.

The version numbers of a release are defined as Major.Minor.Service."qualifier string". Where Major would be incremented for an "API breaking change"; Minor would increment for "externally visible" changes - additions to API, performance changes, major rework; the Service number would increment on non-API changes - manifest updates, bug fixes, changes to compiler settings. The Qualifier is a string used to differentiate one "release" from another. We use it to identify each build. The definitions can be found here:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Version_Numbering

Since a development "stream" or "branch" will include the initial and follow-up maintenance releases, it makes sense to name the branch (not the release) using only the Major and Minor version numbers.

I hope this helps.

-Eric

Edwin Tang wrote:
Hi Eric,

Since the previous branch is 1.1.0, I thought this branch were 1.2.0. Just curious, are there any reasons we call it 1.2 instead of 1.2.0?

Thanks,
Edwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Gwin Sent: August 26, 2009 10:52 AM
To: Dev mailing list for Eclipse Persistence Services
Subject: [eclipselink-dev] Branching for 1.2 today...


I will be branching for 1.2 today. There was one test issue that is being resolved and once it passes cb, I will be creating the branch.

I will then have the builds turned off for a bit while I setup the crons for three nightly builds and three branch cbs hourly.

I'm hoping to have everything up and running again by noon

-Eric
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