<div dir="ltr">How about:<div><br></div><div>...</div><div>- final (new release)</div><div>---------------------------</div><div>- alpha + build number</div><div>- beta + build number (as soon as there is a release manager / we are working towards a new release)</div><div>- rc1, rc2, ... (release candidates built or approved by release manager)</div><div>- final (new release)</div><div>---------------------------</div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div>If we agree that the next version should be called for example 5.2, it will be called 5.2 all along the release process except if we decide it should be a major release. Then we do the renaming in or after the release candidate phase. Example: 5.2 alpha-X, 5.2 beta-X,<span style="line-height:1.5"> </span><span style="line-height:1.5">[ major release decision ], 6.0 RC1, 6.0 Final.</span></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 10:27 AM Tobias Pape <<a href="mailto:Das.Linux@gmx.de">Das.Linux@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
On 28.06.2016, at 09:36, marcel.taeumel <<a href="mailto:Marcel.Taeumel@hpi.de" target="_blank">Marcel.Taeumel@hpi.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Eliot Miranda-2 wrote<br>
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Ben Coman &lt;<br>
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>> btc@<br>
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>> &gt; wrote:<br>
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>>> Release To Manfacture<br>
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>> I much prefer "final".<br>
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>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Eliot Miranda &lt;<br>
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>> eliot.miranda@<br>
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>>> wrote:<br>
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>>>> On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 4:05 AM, H. Hirzel &lt;<br>
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>> hannes.hirzel@<br>
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>>>>> +1 Makes sense.<br>
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>>>>> BTW, what does Rtm stand for?<br>
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>>>> I'd like to know this too. No one seems to have answered this yet.<br>
>>> What<br>
>>>> does "Rtm" mean? I know what RTFM means. Doesn't seem to fit here ;-)<br>
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>>>>><br>
>>>>> And how will minor maintenance releases be marked, which happen from<br>
>>>>> time to time?<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> As Tobias writes<br>
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>>>>> SystemVersion current<br>
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>>>>><br>
>>>>> does not return an 'alpha' suffix, this should be fixed.<br>
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>>>>><br>
>>>>> --Hannes<br>
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>>>>> On 6/22/16, marcel.taeumel &lt;<br>
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>> Marcel.Taeumel@<br>
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>> &gt; wrote:<br>
>>> images,<br>
>>> doesn't<br>
>>> I<br>
>>> that,<br>
>>> them<br>
>>> can<br>
>>> <a href="http://forum.world.st/Renaming-Squeak-s-system-version-from-Squeak-alpha-to-SqueakTrunk-tp4902398p4902424.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forum.world.st/Renaming-Squeak-s-system-version-from-Squeak-alpha-to-SqueakTrunk-tp4902398p4902424.html</a><br>
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>>>> --<br>
>>>> _,,,^..^,,,_<br>
>>>> best, Eliot<br>
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>> --<br>
>> _,,,^..^,,,_<br>
>> best, Eliot<br>
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> RTM is not needed. After rc_n comes alpha plus the release with no suffix.<br>
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I thought alpha always precedes rc's?<br>
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:D<br>
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> Best,<br>
> Marcel<br>
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