[xwiki-devs] Question regarding XEclipse version numbering

[Sergiu Dumitriu]

On 9/5/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
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> On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Asiri Rathnayake wrote:
> Hi Erin,
>
> On 9/5/07, Erin Schnabel <erin.xwiki at ebullientworks.com> wrote:
> > This may be silly, but would it be clearer if the XEclipse versioning
> > contained some indication of the XWiki base required? To me, XEclipse
> > v1.0 somehow suggests to me that it should be able to run on XWiki
> > 1.0.. . which of course is not true.  Might be good to have the prereq
> > explicit in the versioning.. maybe?
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me...
>
>  Let's see what others think...
>
> I like to start new modules at 1.0. Sounds logical since they're new.
>
> The release cycle for XEclipse doesn't have to be the same as XE and thus
> their versions shouldn't be aligned. For example we're going to release
> 1.0M2 of XEclipse in about one week (right Asiri/Tharindu? :)). This doesn't
> match XWiki 1.1RC2 nor does it match XWiki 1.2M1 and it would be a pity to
> have to wait for 1.2M1 before releasing it.
>
> What we could do is have a version like 1.0-1.1 (<xeclipse>-<XE>) but that
> sounds way way too complex.
>
> I think I prefer simply documenting it on xwiki.org and inside XEclipse
> itself. It should check the XE version it's connecting to and tell the user
> if it's not compatible with it IMO.
>
> WDYT?
>

+1

XEclipse is a distinct project, with its own releases. Documenting the
dependencies should suffice.

Sergiu
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