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Change versioning scheme

Added by Davide Pesavento about 3 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

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I don't think a semver-inspired MAJ.MIN.PATCH versioning scheme is appropriate for a project like ndn-tools which is a collection of command-line programs. In our past releases, we've kept MAJ==0 and bumped either MIN or PATCH pretty arbitrarily, while almost all releases contained a mix of bug fixes and new (or improved) features.

I propose switching to a simpler scheme, either just a single version number or a time-based version (plus an optional patch component). For example:

  • single number: VV(.PP), e.g. v1, v2, ..., v245... like systemd or GCC.
  • time based: YY.MM(.PP) or YY.SS(.PP), e.g. 21.10, 17.04, 22.1, ... like DPDK, Ubuntu, or mesa. The middle number can be either the month (MM) or a sequential number (SS) that resets to 1 whenever the year changes.

In both cases an optional patch component (PP) can be appended, this is reserved for purely bug-fix releases, e.g., a hotfix for a critical bug. Given our history, at least in ndn-tools this component will almost always be zero (or omitted altogether).


Related issues 1 (0 open1 closed)

Blocks NFD - Task #5172: Release NFD 22.02 / ndn-cxx 0.8.0ClosedAlex Afanasyev

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Actions #1

Updated by Alex Afanasyev about 3 years ago

Call on 2021-11-12 decided to change versioning scheme for NFD and ndn-tools to time based format YY.MM(.PP), but keep semantical versioning for libraries (ndn-cxx).

Actions #2

Updated by Davide Pesavento about 3 years ago

  • Project changed from ndn-tools to NFD
  • Category set to Build
Actions #3

Updated by Davide Pesavento about 3 years ago

  • Tags set to approved
Actions #4

Updated by Davide Pesavento almost 3 years ago

  • Target version set to 22.02
Actions #5

Updated by Davide Pesavento almost 3 years ago

  • Blocks Task #5172: Release NFD 22.02 / ndn-cxx 0.8.0 added
Actions #6

Updated by Davide Pesavento almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
Actions #7

Updated by Davide Pesavento almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Code review
  • Assignee changed from Davide Pesavento to Alex Afanasyev
  • % Done changed from 0 to 80
Actions #8

Updated by Davide Pesavento over 2 years ago

  • Status changed from Code review to Closed
  • % Done changed from 80 to 100
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