Re: version numbers for release candidates

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> HI!
>
> Sometimes many interesting changes are solely in RE24 and releasing the next
> true release takes some time. During this period I'd love to see pre-release
> version numbers assigned to RE24.
>
> Especially in case Quanah sends out an inquiry for another RE24 test round
> something like currently 2.4.41a1 or 2.4.41b5 or 2.4.41rc42 could be assigned
> (see http://semver.org/).
>
> This would make it possible to package RPMs etc. of pre-releases with
> non-conflicting version numbers which get replace by the real release package
> later. And for test rounds everybody would test the same snapshot.
>
> What do you think?

I would rather see more responses to the calls for testing so we can identify bugs faster and get real releases out faster.

In the meantime, it would be a good idea to include the git revision in each call for testing.

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