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Subject:	Re: EPICS Base dev release numbering
From:	"Konrad, Martin" <[email protected]>
To:	Ralph Lange <[email protected]>, EPICS Core Talk <[email protected]>
Date:	Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:33:12 +0000

Hi,
> Proposal:
> After a release has been published, the release number is stepped up,
> then "-DEV" is added to the /new/ release number to signal a development
> state. The number in front of "-DEV" is the target of development.
+1

BTW: Debian uses "~" in cases like that to ensure correct sorting order:

1.2.3 < 1.2.4~rc1 < 1.2.4

"[...] a tilde sorts before anything, even the end of a part." [1]

Maybe using tilde as a separator for release candidates/development
versions is an option for EPICS as well?

Regards,

Martin

[1]
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version

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