Re: [wtp-pmc] Dali version change - 3.0 -> 2.3

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gee, we didn't even get to this in today
meeting! 

And, I know you already made the change
... but, just wanted to document here I agree with it. 

Thanks for announcing widely, as you
have, as I know some people pick builds every week or two and 
"accumulate them". When something
like this happens, they usually have to do something special to remove

the up-level ones from their pool. Not
a big deal, if they know that's what's coming. Normally even a note to

cross-project would be in order. Was
this actually in a milestone? I know some people accumulate "all of
helios" 
and they don't really follow WTP or
Dali, so might not have seen our own notes and announcements. 

Thanks for the attention to detail.

From:	Neil Hauge <neil.hauge@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:	"WTP PMC communications (including coordination, announcements,        and Group discussions)" <wtp-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	01/20/2010 11:32 AM
Subject:	[wtp-pmc] Dali version change - 3.0 -> 2.3
Sent by:	wtp-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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PMC,

I meant to bring this up yesterday in our meeting, but obviously we 
didn't have time for this issue.  I am proposing to change the Dali
version number of the Helios release from 3.0 -> 2.3.  Please take
a 
quick look at my proposal below and let me know if you see problems with
this.  I am trying to make this change for M5.

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In an effort to accurately follow the Eclipse Version Numbering 
guidelines*, the Dali version number for Helios is being changed from 
"3.0" to "2.3" to correspond with the largest version
increment 
experienced in the Dali plugins (2.2 -> 2.3).  Plugin versions
as always 
continue to be governed by the guidelines.

This change does not indicate any loss of planned functionality.  Dali
2.3 is still adding comprehensive support for JPA 2.0 and support for 
EclipseLink 2.x, but due to the fact that no *Public* API has been 
broken from the previous version, it is technically incorrect to 
increment the major version segment of the overall Dali feature since no
plugin has incremented its major segment.

Feature version numbers will be changed in code and 3.0 bugs will be 
migrated to corresponding 2.3 buckets.  Project metadata and the project
plan will also be updated, as well as bug queries that point to 3.0 
bugzilla entries.

Let me know if you have any question about this.  From what I can
deduce, this should not be problematic from a technical (install) 
perspective, assuming that previous milestones are not published or 
maintained on future production repositories.

Neil

* - http://wiki.eclipse.org/Version_Numbering
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