[squeak-dev] Re: Renaming Squeak's system version from 'Squeak*alpha' to 'SqueakTrunk'

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 17:35:31 UTC 2016


On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:

> Release To Manfacture
>

I much prefer "final".



>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 4:05 AM, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> +1 Makes sense.
> >>
> >> BTW, what does Rtm stand for?
> >
> >
> > I'd like to know this too.  No one seems to have answered this yet.  What
> > does "Rtm" mean?  I know what RTFM means.  Doesn't seem to fit here ;-)
> >
> >>
> >> And how will minor maintenance releases be marked, which happen from
> >> time to time?
> >>
> >> As Tobias writes
> >>
> >>     SystemVersion current
> >>
> >>
> >> does not return an 'alpha' suffix, this should be fixed.
> >>
> >>
> >> --Hannes
> >>
> >> On 6/22/16, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> >> > Tobias Pape wrote
> >> >> On 22.06.2016, at 11:24, marcel.taeumel &lt;
> >> >
> >> >> Marcel.Taeumel@
> >> >
> >> >> &gt; wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Hi there,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> we have a system version: "SystemVersion current". For trunk images,
> >> >>> it
> >> >>> used
> >> >>> to say 'Squeak4.1alpha' or something like it. Right now, it doesn't
> >> >>> even
> >> >>> add
> >> >>> the 'alpha' suffix.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Can we change that to 'SqueakTrunk'? What would break? Right now,
> >> >>> SystemVersion works with a string rather than major/minor numbers. I
> >> >>> assume
> >> >>> that there is some code that parses that string. Metacello does
> that,
> >> >>> for
> >> >>> example.
> >> >>> Any thoughts?
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes.
> >> >>
> >> >> SystemVersion current  should give the following
> >> >>
> >> >> for 4.6              Squeak4.6
> >> >> for 5.0              Squeak5.0
> >> >> for trunk    Squeak5.1alpha  (or Squeak5.1trunk if it must be, but
> >> >> please
> >> >> Squeak{stable+1}{dev-indicator})
> >> >>
> >> >> Best
> >> >>      -Tobias
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Best,
> >> >>> Marcel
> >> >
> >> > Okay, we good improve the version number in trunk images and treat
> them
> >> > as
> >> > (Git) tags.
> >> >
> >> > ...
> >> > Squeak5.1alpha
> >> > Squeak5.1beta
> >> > Squeak5.1rc1
> >> > Squeak5.1rc2
> >> > Squeak5.1rtm
> >> > Squeak5.2alpha
> >> > Squeak6.0alpha
> >> > Squeak6.0beta
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> > Even if we decide to not make a minor release but a major the tag can
> >> > jump.
> >> > So, any suffix after the version number indicates the trunk stream.
> >> >
> >> > Alpha = Open to any code submittions
> >> > Beta = Feature freeze, bug fixes only
> >> > Rc1...n = Some bugs fixed, next try
> >> > Rtm = Full code freeze, will be the one to release
> >> >
> >> > Would this work?
> >> >
> >> > Best,
> >> > Marcel
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > View this message in context:
> >> >
> >> >
> http://forum.world.st/Renaming-Squeak-s-system-version-from-Squeak-alpha-to-SqueakTrunk-tp4902398p4902424.html
> >> > Sent from the Squeak - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _,,,^..^,,,_
> > best, Eliot
> >
> >
> >
>
>


-- 
_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot
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