Re: Alpha releases: How to tag

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> As we are approaching the first alpha release, let's think about how to tag
> and label it and how to schedule those two operations with respect to one
> another.
>
> The typical process for, say, a beta release is
>
> - apply version number change to source tree
> - commit
> - tag
> (repeat for next beta)
>
> The problem, arguably, with this is that the source tree would then read
> 8.5alpha1 until alpha2, instead of the 8.5devel that we are used to. The fix
> could be:
>
> - apply version number change to source tree
> - commit
> - tag
> - revert version number change in source tree
> - commit
> (repeat for next alpha)
>
> or more sophisticatedly
>
> - branch
> - apply version number change to source tree
> - commit
> - tag
>
> or alternatively no tag at all, just apply version number and build tarball.
>
> Comments?
>
>

Does it need a version number change? Maybe just a tag (no branch) is
all that is required.

cheers

andrew