Re: [linuxtools-dev] Feature/Plugin versioning policy

[Aleksandar Kurtakov <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Linux Tools developer discussions" <linuxtools-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:28:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Feature/Plugin versioning policy
> 
> So do you mean all features or just features with changes to their plugins?

All features. So when one looks in the p2 ui it is clear that every feature comes from certain release.

> 
> I wanted to change the plug-ins as well to make it easier to look at an
> @since
> tag and know when the change occurred, but I guess git annotation will reveal
> this just the same.

That would be a bit too much I think though I would not mind it that way if decided (I use this practice for shelled/fedorapackager as it's plain easier).

Alexander Kurtakov
Red Hat Eclipse team

> 
> -- Jeff J.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Aleksandar Kurtakov" <akurtako@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Linux Tools developer discussions" <linuxtools-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 3:21:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Feature/Plugin versioning policy
> > 
> > Having features being bumped to the release version and plugins following
> > API
> > rules sounds like the correct thing to do as that way it's clear what you
> > install from update sites.
> > 
> > Alexander Kurtakov
> > Red Hat Eclipse team
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Doug Schaefer" <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: "Linux Tools developer discussions" <linuxtools-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:18:20 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [linuxtools-dev] Feature/Plugin versioning policy
> > > 
> > > Actually CDT only bumps up feature versions to match. Plug-ins follow API
> > > rules.
> > > 
> > > On 2014-09-10, 3:12 PM, "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >There a few different policies for bumping versions for
> > > >features/plugins.
> > > >
> > > >We don't have a hard-set policy, but some of us are bumping up features
> > > >to
> > > >the Linux Tools release number and others are bumping up a
> > > >plugin/feature
> > > >by one depending on whether we
> > > >are doing a major release, minor release, or point release.
> > > >
> > > >The CDT bumps up all their plug-ins/features to the current release
> > > >number, but I personally don't like
> > > >that policy as it can imply a major change to a plug-in has been made
> > > >and
> > > >thus API is not guaranteed when
> > > >no API changes may have occurred.
> > > >
> > > >I would like to suggest that code changes made to a plug-in or feature
> > > >will cause the
> > > >version to bump to the next Linux Tools release, regardless of the
> > > >current value.
> > > >All plug-ins/features that don't change are left alone.  The first
> > > >person
> > > >to make a change
> > > >must change the plug-in version and its associated feature version and
> > > >this should be reviewed
> > > >in gerrit.
> > > >
> > > >This makes it simple to know what has actually been changed in a release
> > > >vs what has simply
> > > >been rebuilt.  The @since tags then make more sense as to figuring out
> > > >when changes were made.
> > > >
> > > >If people like this, I'll add it to the wiki.
> > > >
> > > >-- Jeff J.
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