Hi Laurent, On Fri, 22 Jul 2011, Laurent Parenteau wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Laurent Parenteau wrote:I think it would be better if the packages would have the version number in the name, and maybe have fis-gtm depend on the latest release. This way, one could install multiple different versions of GT.M if needed.
ok, due to Debians handling of new packages I think it is better to have one generic package without number. After a new version will be released, a new package with version number will be created. From my point of view this seems to be easier to maintain.
As for bugfixes, we don't have "patch" releases, as you often see in other software. We only have full releases. When there's an important issue that requires a fix fast, we simply spin a new release (which will have a letter suffix, like V5.4-002B) that will, among other things, include the fix. So once V5.4-003 will be out, there should never be a V5.4-002C.
Ok, should there be all versions V5.4.002B..V5.4.002Z available or may there be only the latest version of V5.4.002 in the repository? I guess it would be problematic to have hundreds of versions of one software in the repository, so it might be a good idea to have a strategy to reduce the numbers from time to time. Maybe it is sufficient to keep all versions from Wheezy in Wheezy and only migrate the latest version to Wheezy+1. Thus you have all versions somewhere in the archive, with the disadvantage that you need need an older version of Debian for an older version of GT.M.
Thorsten