From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Achim Gratz Subject: Re: Bug: Please supply stable releases on ELPA or MELPA Stable [8.3.4 (8.3.4-dist @ /usr/local/share/emacs/25.1.50/site-lisp/org-mode/)] Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:52:49 +0100 Message-ID: <877f8otkou.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <87mvhltqpw.fsf@sc3d.org> <87oa21tmp0.fsf@gmail.com> <87ins8ftyv.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56072) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1Hhv-00065c-KT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:53:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1Hhs-0002mR-Hi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:53:19 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=58950 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c1Hhs-0002mI-BL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:53:16 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c1Hhm-0003hs-Bu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2016 19:53:10 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nicolas Goaziou writes: > However, I think we should make more frequent bugfix releases. We may > even automate such releases, e.g., one week after the last unreleased > bugfix in the branch. I don't do releases however, so this may just be > a weird idea. We already have that, it's the Org package on GNU ELPA. There's a new release each monday, fully automated. > Also, I'd rather have monotonic version tags, so 8.3.6.whatever is not > really an option. Maybe 8.3.YYYMMDD... and we drop manual bugfix > releases altogether. No, the reason for versioning Org on ELPA in that way is how package.el interprets version numbers. You'll get a version string you can correlate to the Git repo from org-version. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra