[asdf-devel] Re: ASDF 3.0.2.1 released

[Robert P. Goldman]

Yes, I believe the intent is to have the release branch always point to the latest released version.

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 17:14, Raymond Toy <toy.raymond at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> writes:
> 
>    Robert> Raymond Toy wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> writes:
>    Robert> Raymond Toy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Goldman <rpgoldman at sift.info> writes:
>    Robert> Raymond Toy wrote:
>>>>>>> If this is the first release candidate, can you explain the difference
>>>>>>> between this and the 3.0.2 that was released a month or so ago?  I'm a
>>>>>>> bit confused now on the numbering.
>    Robert> I have been assuming that the numbering is:
>    Robert> x.y.z
>    Robert> x = major revision -- I do not expect to preside over one of these!
>    Robert> ASDF 2 was a major clean-up.  ASDF 3 added substantial improvements in
>    Robert> dependency tracking, etc.
>    Robert> y = change to API
>    Robert> z = patch release
>    Robert> This is what is enshrined in the ASDF versioning predicates, so I
>    Robert> figured I would stick with that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.  Previously, I think cmucl only updated on x.y, ignoring z.
>>>>> But with asdf 3, I think we updated on x.y.z (3.0.2, in particular).
>>>>> 
>>>>> I was just wondering now when cmucl should update its copy of asdf.
>>>>> And in particular should cmucl take 3.0.2.1?  I have not run into any
>>>>> issues with 3.0.2, but I only use a small number of asdf systems.
>    Robert> Implementations should *not* update on tags like 3.0.2.1.
>    Robert> I will *try* to make this clear by not setting the "release" tag to
>    Robert> point to them.  E.g., the current release tag still points to 3.0.2.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for clarifying this. I'll refrain from updating unless there's
>>> a "release".  BTW, what is this "release" tag?  Is it in git?  If not,
>>> that would be nice to have, because right now, I just see a bunch of
>>> numerical tags corresponding to the version (and various upstream and
>>> debian tags).
>>> 
>>> Ray
> 
>    Robert> Yes, there's a release tag.  You can see it in the gitweb:
> 
>    Robert> http://common-lisp.net/gitweb?p=projects/asdf/asdf.git
> 
> Oh, you mean release branch?  I was looking at the output of git tag
> and didn't see anything. :-)  (I also didn't have a local release
> branch, but I do now.)
> 
> Ray
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