From 8c1d2ef916b12c55604b4c7360597573ba03783f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:25:53 +0000 Subject: added doc on version naming conventions --- doc/status.html | 3 ++- doc/version_naming.html | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 doc/version_naming.html diff --git a/doc/status.html b/doc/status.html index 40d254ec..a1346ca8 100644 --- a/doc/status.html +++ b/doc/status.html @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@

This page reflects the status as of 2005-09-05.

Current Release

0.9.8 - change log - -download

+download +(How are versions named?)

Platforms

Linux [tested on Red Hat & Debian]

rsyslog bugs and annoyances

Version Naming

This document briefly outlines the strategy for naming versions. It applies +to versions 1.0.0 and above. Versions below that are all instable and have a +different naming schema.

The major version is incremented whenever a considerate, major features have +been added. This is expected to happen quite infrequently.

The minor version number is incremented whenever there is "sufficient need" +(at the discretion of the developers). There is a notable difference between +stable and instable branches. The stable branch always has a minor +version number in the range from 0 to 9. It is expected that the stable branch +will receive bug and security fixes only. So the range of minor version numbers +should be quite sufficient.

For the instable branch, minor version numbers always start at 10 and +are incremented as needed (again, at the discretion of the developers). Here, +new minor versions include both fixes as well as new features (hopefully most of +the time). They are expected to be released quite often.

The patch level (third number) is incremented whenever a really minor thing +must be added to an existing version. This is expected to happen quite +infrequently.

In general, the instable branch carries all new development. Once it +concludes with a sufficiently-enhanced, quite stable version, a new major stable +version is assigned.