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Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?
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David Kastrup |
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Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers? |
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Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:09:23 +0100 |
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"Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
> To: "Federico Bruni" <address@hidden>
> Cc: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>; "Phil
> Holmes" <address@hidden>
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2020 10:54 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other
> showstoppers?
>>
>> One interesting consideration is that the VERSION file upon release
>> should look like
>>
>> PACKAGE_NAME=LilyPond
>> MAJOR_VERSION=2
>> MINOR_VERSION=20
>> PATCH_LEVEL=0
>> MY_PATCH_LEVEL=
>> VERSION_STABLE=2.20.0
>> VERSION_DEVEL=2.20.0
>>
>> basically announcing the same versions as stable and unstable since
>> 2.20.0 will both be the latest stable release as well as the latest
>> release altogether. Things will normalise once we get a followup
>> unstable release.
>>
>> I seem to remember that if we declared VERSION_DEVEL to point to a yet
>> unreleased 2.21.0, the links would essentially end up dead.
>>
>> So there are little quirks like that accompanying a stable release that
>> might cause followup work. So "last day of weekend" sounds only
>> sensible if Phil is not considerably unavailable afterwards.
>>
>> -- David Kastrup
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>
>
> I am generally available for the next few weeks. I would think it
> better to wait a few days to get the translations stable, since it
> will take me a little while to get my head round what's needed for a
> new stable release.
>
> I think that VERSION_DEVEL will need to be 2.19.84 for this release,
> otherwise we won't have any links to "development" documentation.
But it doesn't make sense to point VERSION_DEVEL to documentation that
is actually older than that of 2.20, does it?
I do not really know what is correct here with respect to our
semi-automatic webpage update mechanism. I just remember that we had
problems last time round.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: [translations] 2.20 and 2.21 release plans, (continued)
- Message not available
- Re: [translations] 2.20 and 2.21 release plans, Federico Bruni, 2020/02/20
- 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans? (was: [translations] 2.20 and 2.21 release plans), David Kastrup, 2020/02/20
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans? (was: [translations] 2.20 and 2.21 release plans), Federico Bruni, 2020/02/20
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans?, David Kastrup, 2020/02/20
- Re: [translations] Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans?, Federico Bruni, 2020/02/20
- 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers? (was: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans?), David Kastrup, 2020/02/22
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers? (was: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation, also Germans?), Federico Bruni, 2020/02/22
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, David Kastrup, 2020/02/22
- Re: [translations] Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, Federico Bruni, 2020/02/22
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, Phil Holmes, 2020/02/23
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, Phil Holmes, 2020/02/23
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, David Kastrup, 2020/02/23
- Re: 2.20.0 release coordination with translation. Other showstoppers?, Francisco Vila, 2020/02/23
Re: 2.20 and 2.21 release plans, Urs Liska, 2020/02/17