From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27460 invoked by alias); 28 Dec 2015 17:10:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 37444 Received: (qmail 10290 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2015 17:10:26 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=benizi-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=+ISei8/dRAeUOCO+1fbs08OoN5GL2GESVFPyWFV2aLs=; b=XGsVXUBR0DVUXrMziy2HryEEWpC2bipPX+B7jeg+z/12I1Eq1A9+5vl1bNstAyVto0 c0x28bb/lTTGXhT+MOhRlhSpp8+0bpjQslVfnCBLL7B9ezH1UPlBqRQfmD97c/pPu1Wi 4A+B7mdtILHngI6lFAYZqNrpvyS/gbLwaFSUm9S7ZbPAUfYoGC8bWJ/WFC3ykPvbkM0s lQEzWyBKnIXQ3xn0J1IMJiSp/59u9R7wJC9Wp9n0x6eJhuDwfnbBa5rl+PCX94yd9jhZ Gs1+e8s3e9k5sd+aByiAw0uE7etge+P9F4tcuo3XyCXzXYBKKnpisXQ9xLD7wc4Vm2OZ lXFw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=+ISei8/dRAeUOCO+1fbs08OoN5GL2GESVFPyWFV2aLs=; b=jkSQirgb787RmSJSN7SAGO+u5ONPDuegypcnY3SqAS7iQioI7WWJIUei2NGG7b1m/B +VB97rKgmdTOEeJKkUxtNbHlgt5nEK2QCP6QmsiIk8pgXPQwvy++4heVxjmOqDeVd8H9 gEG37vsvT9rj9madGRp9JD0qbUrVAtDNmbv+Afq0CnBoEfYen84b0oYJ5WXt8AaclXrA DjCc7PbEASlvPxYZWofJSaiTNkZ1oKC/ACNp4z3qoBVTjT0MEdvgMP3M6MFai5Ac0Szu FoAMslHmjTQjnJibUZjnf1cRiDV4PXhsUcyG2xxDQVuKC0Kkw6EFkKlUXvLNK10KBuE0 pXkQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlVi5W6j22LHGHWNp3rk5DJzMBtFvUfojytqxPB9qFvWGUDFYnWu9xxu5NFlDi2p5L/Hgw286qSk/tBzVRWTW3k889Lyg== X-Received: by 10.13.210.66 with SMTP id u63mr41859562ywd.206.1451322624838; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 09:10:24 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: benizi@benizi.com In-Reply-To: <20151228161115.GK2010@tarsus.local2> References: <20151228150238.GD2010@tarsus.local2> <20151228161115.GK2010@tarsus.local2> From: "Benjamin R. Haskell" Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 12:10:05 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1tFqZyJ3LMXINF_y6WpHhDMo4JI Message-ID: Subject: Re: What's the next release number? To: Daniel Shahaf Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114e532a8242350527f86144 --001a114e532a8242350527f86144 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Benjamin R. Haskell wrote on Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:07:12 -0500: > > What's an example situation? "The change will appear after version X.Y" > > and "The bug was fixed after version X.Y" both seem reasonable to me for > > situations that need a description in natural language. > > > > In zsh-syntax-highlighting, when I make a bugfix that depends on > a bugfix in zsh, in the ticket I'd like to say "The fix requires > zsh 5.1.2 or newer". "The fix requires zsh newer than 5.1.2" > For something automated (e.g. `is-at-least X.Y.Z`), you can just assume it > > will be a patch release, since the version increment will be at least as > > much as a patch release. Even if no release ever exists with that > specific > > version, the next release will still compare as greater. > > > > Sure. But for natural language it might be confusing to refer people to > "5.1.2 and newer" when there's no zsh-5.1.2.tar.gz available for > download... Agreed, so for natural language, I think the correct approach is to avoid trying to specify a future version. Just use "newer than x.y.z" -- Best, Ben --001a114e532a8242350527f86144--