Re: Version numbers of unreleased stable and development versions

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> writes:
>
>> However, it would be easy enough to implement a before-save-hook which
>> adds the date instead of cvs if any of the project's files are saved
>> that the developers could all add to their .emacs.
>
> If everybody keeps checking in changes to that one line of code all
> the time, then there'll probably be lots of conflicts to resolve...

Yeah, you're probably right. You can always say no or not check in
mh-e.el (in our case) if your check-in is small. However, it would
probably be best if only one developer were to update it. Thanks for
pointing that out.

> Anyway, how about using an odd/even-numbered methodology?  The
> odd-numbered ones are in CVS, and when a release is published, it gets
> the next even number.  

I find the +cvs or +date to be more explicit. A user might not be
aware we're playing the odd/even game and would be very confused to
see an odd number in the X-Mailer and not see the release in our
collection of tarballs.

p.s. Hope you're feeling better!

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