[jira] [Commented] (DERBY-6190) Remove unused alpha versioning code

["Rick Hillegas (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Rick Hillegas commented on DERBY-6190:
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Thanks for raising this topic, Dag. The Derby version scheme is described here: http://db.apache.org/derby/papers/versionupgrade.html. I don't understand why we need to support a distinction between alpha and beta distributions. Over the last eight years, I have only seen a need for two kinds of distributions:

o Releases - These fully support upgrade. You can upgrade to and from a release.

o Snapshots - These don't support upgrade. You can't upgrade to them and you can't upgrade from them. Snapshots are purely experimental.

I think that the beta flag is sufficient to distinguish releases from snapshots. I would support removing the peculiar convention that fixpack 0 without the beta flag means the distribution is alpha. It confuses new release managers.

Can anyone explain the original purpose of the distinction between alpha and beta? Thanks.
                
> Remove unused alpha versioning code
> -----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DERBY-6190
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6190
>             Project: Derby
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Network Client, Services
>            Reporter: Dag H. Wanvik
>
> I believe we no longer use the alpha versioning code, only the beta one. I suggest removing the unused alpha versioning code.

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