On 18/04/12 14:04, Juan Hernandez wrote:
On 04/18/2012 09:51 AM, Ofer Schreiber wrote:
Ever wondered why the version of oVirt's first release is 3.0.0_0001? The answer is simple - We use ovirt-engine jar's version as our "main" release version.
Personally, I think the current versioning scheme is ugly. Actually, I can't name even one open-source project using "_" in it's version.
What can we do about it? We have couple of options: 1. Leave the engine alone, and use a separate versioning scheme (e.g - use just 3.1.0 as the main version for next release) 2. Remove "_" from engine jars 3. Do nothing.
I'd like to hear your thoughts, as well as the reasons to use such an unusual versioning scheme.
--- Ofer Schreiber oVirt Release Manager _______________________________________________ Arch mailing list Arch@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
From my point of view using the 0001 suffix in the names of the jar files is not a big problem, but I agree that using it in the release number is ugly, and it produces issues/discussions during packaging. I vote for option #1: use 3.1.0 for the next main version.
The original versioning scheme was due to a bug in maven2. Juan, I've read some of the Java packaging concepts, but didn't see (or missed) thoughts about modular versioning (ie- artifacts). Here are the things to consider here; - Current RPM's are using the version declared in the POM files. Should this concept remain? * I think it should remain, as other packaging systems should be able to use it as well and end-up is the similar project version. - Do we want to expose oVirt engine artifacts in a Maven repo for others to consume? * If we do, we'll need to make sure we have a scheme that works both for Maven and for packaging (RPM) comparisons. One last thing... I know most of the packaging work now is RPM based. Still, I'm asking you to leave enough room for non-RPM distro's to join in. -- /d "Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. --Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy