Re: Change gnome-software git release tag format

[Kalev Lember <kalevlember gmail com>]

On 12/15/2017 04:20 PM, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm proposing that we change the git release tag format for gnome-software.
>
> So far, we have been using tags like GNOME_SOFTWARE_3_27_2. That is a
> legacy style inherited from years ago (maybe CVS?).
>
> The current recommendation for GNOME modules [1] is a simple 3.27.2
> tag. So that is what I recommend.
>
> Some GNOME modules instead use a pattern like v3.27.2 or gnome-software-3.27.2 .
>
> Debian's git-buildpackage doesn't convert underscores to decimal
> points when importing a git tag to match the tarball, so switching the
> pattern will make things a bit easier for Debian packagers.
>
> [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/MaintainersCorner/Releasing

Sure, that's easy enough to change :)

I went with 3.27.3 as the tag name for the new release I just did and
updated RELEASE in git for the new tagging scheme:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/commit/?id=2e4ce615fd17082d550a2df41ebc8d77d25bdd94

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Kalev