Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Ralph Lange <[email protected]> · Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:55:31 +0100

We have been using the fourth digit to number our own in-house patches.

This seemed the intended way, as .../configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION calls

the fourth tag UPDATE_NAME and UPDATE_LEVEL, assuming these are

site-specific to create things like 3.14.8.aps1 3.14.8.aps2 etc.

I would see an official 3.14.8.1 breaking the official numbering

concept, but for BESSY I could adapt to a fourth "official" number by

adding a fifth one.

Well - actually you should introduce a new intermediate level in

CONFIG_BASE_VERSION, leaving the old tags for UPDATE_NAME and

UPDATE_LEVEL intact.

Please remember to update all files under .../configure that use the

definitions from CONFIG_BASE_VERSION, otherwise shared library search

paths will be wrong (again), at least for HP-UX.

Ralph
(just came in for a night shift - sorry for the delay)

Andrew Johnson wrote:

We need to make a new release with the latest bug fixes incorporated.

The majority view (not unanimous though) here at APS is that we should

call this R3.14.8.1 rather than R3.14.9 since it really is just a

patch release with no new functionality included. If this numbering

is likely to cause any problems please reply ASAP, as otherwise this

might happen later today.

- Andrew