[libvirt] ANNOUNCE: Stable release libvirt-0.9.11.2

Jason Helfman jhelfman at e-e.com
Mon Apr 30 18:43:32 UTC 2012


On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 01:38:27PM -0500, Doug Goldstein thus spake:
>On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Jason Helfman <jhelfman at e-e.com> wrote:
>>> Okay, I screwed up the tarball for the first stable release, due to not
>>> building it from a fresh checkout :/ No changes for this one except a
>>> version
>>> bump and dist rebuild.
>>>
>>> This release can be downloaded at:
>>>
>>> http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-0.9.11.2.tar.gz
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Cole
>>>
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>>
>> Is there any particular reason that the project is using the same naming
>> convention for stable releases? It appears to be a minor revision update
>> from the standard release cycle. From an outsiders prospective, I don't
>> know how anyone would think that 0.9.11.2 is not a standard update from
>> 0.9.11, as there is no distinction in either the name from the distributed
>> file, or documentation (unless I missed it denoted specifically on
>> libvirt.org).
>>
>> Would there be any objection to using a distribution file name
>> libvirt-stable-0.9.11.2.tar.gz ?
>>
>> To me, it is confusing, but that is just my opinion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jason
>>
>
>Don't change the tarball name like that. That would just plain suck
>and be different than how 99% of projects out there do things.
>

Ok, but having the same download path is just as confusing, as it looks like
an update to 0.9.11, when it is a different release.

Thanks,
Jason

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