Subversion version numbers

["Hingley, Ken" <Ke...@TheAA.com>]

 

Hello All

 

"the book" only speaks about positive integer version numbers yet tigris
release subversion as 1.4.0, 1.4.x, 1.5.0, etc.

 

The FAQ implies these integer version numbers are for internal use only
(see below), so is there a manual mapping between the two?

 

I want to use the "dot" version numbers because they imply major/minor
changes.

 

Thanks and Regards

Ken Hingley

 

 

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The global revision number attached to the repository as a whole is
meaningless from a user's perspective. It's an internal mechanism that
accomplishes the goal of the underlying schema design. It just so
happens to be exposed so that the user's interface can sometimes be a
little more convenient than always having to type obnoxiously long
date/time strings. 

The revision number is only relevant to the repository, and user
convenience. It has no impact on any other factor of what you store in
the repository. Repository revision number bumps aren't nearly useful
enough to be an accurate indication of the real rate of change of a
given code base. There are other more complicated ways to get a much
better picture of a code-base's rate of change. 

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Re: Subversion version numbers

[Andy Levy <an...@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Hingley, Ken <Ke...@theaa.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All
>
>
>
> "the book" only speaks about positive integer version numbers yet tigris
> release subversion as 1.4.0, 1.4.x, 1.5.0, etc.
>
> The FAQ implies these integer version numbers are for internal use only (see
> below), so is there a manual mapping between the two?
>
> I want to use the "dot" version numbers because they imply major/minor
> changes.

Release numbers and revision numbers are independent. Unless you
produce a release for every revision, that is. The "dot version
numbers" are tied to your own public/private release scheme. You must
do this "mapping" yourself because the meaning varies for everyone.

The Subversion revision number is a timestamp, a counter of how many
changes have been made to the repository at a given point in time. It
really should not be used for public versioning, except in places
where information about where the released code was built from.

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Re: Subversion version numbers

[Greg Thomas <th...@omc.bt.co.uk>]

On Wed, 28 May 2008 16:14:23 +0100, "Hingley, Ken"
<Ke...@TheAA.com> wrote:

>Hello All
>
>"the book" only speaks about positive integer version numbers yet tigris
>release subversion as 1.4.0, 1.4.x, 1.5.0, etc.
>
>The FAQ implies these integer version numbers are for internal use only
>(see below), so is there a manual mapping between the two?
>
>I want to use the "dot" version numbers because they imply major/minor
>changes.

Subversion the software has *release* numbers - 1.4.0, 1.4.1, etc.

Your Subversion repository will only have positive integers as
*revision* numbers - 1, 2, 3 etc. 

What you call the release 'number of your project is entirely up to
you; 

Version 1.0.1.2.3.2.5
Release Friday-the-13th
Final mark 2

etc.
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