[dev] Release Engineering: Versions

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Jon Parise <jon at horde.org>:

> > ER> (IIRC) module-date.tar.gz and module-RELENG-date.tar.gz which causes
> > ER> confusion.  They should be something more like module-HEAD-date.tar.gz
> > ER> and module-RELENG-date.tar.gz or similar.
> >
> > That is why I did suggest DEV for DEVelopment, and I agree with you on
> > the file naming.
>
> Because those are CVS-based snapshots, I like the existing standard of
> using the CVS branch name in the filename.  HEAD is the CVS standard,
> so we should stick with it.

The point was we *don't* put the cvs name in the filename for HEAD, only
for RELENG.  We should put it in both.

> I suppose we could find a way to provide a DEV branch as an alias to
> HEAD, though.

I'm not sure that wouldn't cause more confusion rather than less.

> --
> Jon Parise (jon at horde.org) :: The Horde Project (http://horde.org/)

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Eric Rostetter
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The University of Texas at Austin

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