[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Add Beta versioning

[Dmitri Pal]

On 11/09/2012 05:52 PM, Simo Sorce wrote:
> 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.
>
I understand. It was more a conceptual question. It looks like the
answer "there are scripts to do renaming that each developer has".
Thanks. This is all I was looking for.

-- 
Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager for IdM portfolio
Red Hat Inc.


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