[mythtv] LIBVERSION = 0.15.0.99?

[Henk Poley]

Op zaterdag 29 mei 2004 08:16, schreef Isaac Richards:
> On Saturday 29 May 2004 02:08 am, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > would it be possible to have an interim versioning scheme? This is
> > useful for packaging CVS versions w/o possibly breaking upgrade
> > paths. For packaging CVS versions one must either choose the latest
> > release (e.g. 0.15) or guess what the next could be (0.15.1? 0.16?).
> >
> > Both methods have its drawbacks, the former is version-safe, but may
> > indicate CVS _before_ 0.15 and not after, and the latter is guesswork
> > which will break at some time.
> >
> > So it would be nice to have an interim versioning (e.g. 0.15.0.99
> > leaving space for a .1 release, or right to 0.15.99 perhaps), if this
> > is not disturbing in any way.
>
> The libversion changes when the library changes in an incompatible way, not
> before.
>
> Also, I'm having second thoughts about you packing CVS versions -- check
> the users list about people insisting they're running 0.15 when they're
> using a CVS package of yours from 3 weeks ago.

Uhm, maybe that's exactly why he asked for extra versioning?

btw Axel, doesn't RPM have some -pre moniker?

	Henk Poley <><