[platform-releng-dev] Questions re tagging for 3.4.1

["Walter Harley" <eclipse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm feeling a little confused about what I should be doing to the APT
plug-ins for 3.4.1.  I have not yet had to make any code changes in that
branch, though I do expect there will be some coming up.

In the past, shortly after the branch became available, I have branched
all the plugin projects, re-tagged all the files with a tag like
'R33x_v20070709-1200' (rather than our HEAD tags, which would look like
'v20070709-1200'), and modified the map files (in the branch) to point
to the new tag.

Q1: Is that still right?  Or will that inadvertently cause people to get
updates from p2 when they don't need them, because of the qualifier in
the plugin version number changing?

Q2: Is the R34x_ prefix still appropriate for 3.4.1?  Note that
alphabetically this sorts before the existing tag of v2008[etc.].

Q3: Can someone remind me again of the rules for when the version number
should be changed?  Major version for breaking API, minor version for
added API (but not breaking old), service number for bug fixes?

Thanks,
  -walter