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Gumtree : Version Numbering

Created by Tony Lam, last modified on Jul 06, 2009

Each plug-in in the GumTree project has its own release version number.  The version number is composed by three segments + one optional segment: <target release>.<milestone release>.<maintenance release>[.<optional]

• Target release segment
• Target releases are used to plan major public release of the software.  They are generally be maintained for longer period of time.
• Milestone release segment
• Milestone of the target release which contains certain completed features that are planned in the target release.  Milestone releases are only be maintained if serious bugs are found before the next milestone release, so that the particular milestone release is still usable before next milestone is released.
• Maintenance release segment:
• Maintenance release contains bug fixes to the target or milestone release of the software.
• Build qualifier segment (optional):
• Used for indicating build time (eg v20070412)

Examples:

• 0.1.0 --> First milestone release of a software that targets to public release 1.0.0
• 0.2.0 --> Second milestone release that targets to public release 1.0.0
• 0.2.1 --> Maintenance release for 0.2.0 before 0.3.0 (or 1.0.0) is released
• 1.0.0 --> First public release
• 1.1.0 --> First milestone release of a software that targets to public release 2.0.0
• 1.0.1 --> Maintenance release for public release 1.0.0

Build qualifier can be used to identify snapshot (development) builds:

• 0.1.0.v20070405   --> snapshot build of 0.1.0 (used before the actual release of 0.1.0)
• 0.1.0.v20070405b  --> another possible snapshot build of 0.1.0 (used before the actual release of 0.1.0)
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