[Distutils] dev versions

[Ian Bicking]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jim Fulton <jim at zope.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> > So after creating, say, version 0.3.1, I always mark a package as
> 0.3.2dev.
> >  But this is annoying, you might never create a version 0.3.2 (e.g., 0.4
> > might be the next level).
> > So, it would be better to use something like 0.3.1~dev.  What is
> considered
> > best practice for this?  Ideally something that works with both
> Setuptools
> > and the upcoming Distribute version spec.
>
> I like using a version of "0" on my project trunks.  I set the release
> version on release tags.
> I really wish there was a special version (or a version pattern) that
> indicated that something is a development version *only* and can't be
> released.  I don't think best practices have been established.
>

It would be nice if there was a sense of branches.  E.g., if I fork a
project, say setuptools-0.6c3, I could make setuptools-ianb-0.6c3 and
someone could install, say, setuptools==ianb, getting whatever was the
newest version of my branch.  But ianb-0.6c3 wouldn't be comparable to any
other version except versions on that branch.  Though once installed it
would satisfy a generic "setuptools" requirement.  This could be used for a
dev branch as well, which would satisfy a requirement but not be considered
part of the same version series as the stable releases.

-- 
Ian Bicking  |  http://blog.ianbicking.org  |
http://topplabs.org/civichacker
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