Re: Documentation for upstream software authors
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <avbidder@fortytwo.ch> schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I've just started http://wiki.debian.net/SoftwarePackaging, intended to
> collect thoughts of packagers how upstream developers can make the life of
> a packager easier.
The idea sounds good. However,
> I'm sure all packagers have wondered about "brain-dead" upstream developers
> who have not put much thought into how their software might be distributed
> in a pre-compiled/pre-configured package.
Please do not use language like "brain-dead" in the text of this
page. What will an upstream developer think if I point him to a page
with "some useful information" and he finds himself called "brain-dead"
- by you and, because I told him to read it, by me?
An other point could be "Use sensible version numbering":
- Most importantly, take care that newer versions have a higher value in
alphanumeric comparisons than older versions. I know a project where
0.92-1, 0.92-2, 0.92-3 were the release candidates for 0.92...
- Make clear which version numbers correspond to development
versions/branches, and which are for releases
- Make clear which versions indicate a major release, and which only a
bugfix release (if the project was first released with 0.1, and had
0.2, 0.3... afterwards, then 1.0 to 1.1 is probably a major release,
not just a bugfix release of 1.0)
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer
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