[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Add Beta versioning

[Simo Sorce]

On Fri, 2012-11-09 at 15:59 -0500, Dmitri Pal wrote:
> On 11/09/2012 07:58 AM, Petr Vobornik wrote:
> > On 11/09/2012 01:43 PM, Lynn Root wrote:
> >> The VERSION file and Makefile now handles 'beta' release parameters
> >> when making s/rpms.
> >>
> >> Ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2893
> >>
> >> Lynn Root
> >> Associate Software Engineer
> >> Red Hat
> >
> > Thanks for the patch.
> >
> > In a next patch, I'd suggest to follow patch-naming conventions
> > https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/wiki/PatchFormat . Also include the
> > patch number into a mail subject, it helps to keeping track of patches.
> >
> OK, finally. It is a good time to ask.
> 
> Several years ago when we adopted this format I was wondering what is
> the exact sequence of operations one should do to make the resulting
> patch follow the format.
> I never figured it out so I never adopted the format for the patches I
> provide for ding-libs from time to time.
> 
> So in the title of the commit message I put (for example):
> [INI] Remove code that allows dup sections
> 
> the I do git format-patch with arguments
> this translates into a patch with name
> 0001-INI-Remove-code-that-allows-dup-sections.patch
> 
> So am I supposed to the manually rename the patch to follow the format
> or have a script to do that or there is some other way that I do not
> know about that would allow me to provide patches following the format
> above right out of the git format-patch so that I do not need to do the
> renaming?

This patch format rule is followed only on freeipa-devel for Freeipa
patches.

Some people have developed scripts to do the renaming automatically.

ding libs stuff is tracked on sssd-devel which does not use this patch
format rule, we enver felt it necessary in sssd development.

Simo.

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