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Re: Version numbers

 

Agree with Kent. For example UFL and UFC will hopefully be more stable
than DOLFIN.

FEniCS-2011-08 does not sound like a beta though,
can it be FEniCS-2011-08-beta? Or FEniCS-2011-09-beta
since the final will likely be FEniCS-2011-09?

Martin

On 15 August 2011 23:48, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> True, but the last 5 or so releases have all (with some exceptions)
> been coordinated, like the last one which was 1.0-beta for all
> components. But I see the point.
>
> --
> Anders
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 11:37:44PM +0200, Kent-Andre Mardal wrote:
>> Different packages evolve in different ways, some are very stable, while
>> others are not. It seems unnecessary to make all have the same numbering.
>>
>> On 15 August 2011 16:15, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>      We've started on this discussion before but have never come to a
>>      conclusion.
>>
>>      What version numbers should we use for FEniCS itself and the
>>      individual packages?
>>
>>      Before, we have let all packages have their own version numbers, and
>>      then released FEniCS yy--mm (like 2011-06, 2011-12 etc) containing a
>>      collection of the other packages with some specific (but unrelated)
>>      version numbers.
>>
>>      Another option is to use the same version numbers for all packages,
>>      including FEniCS itself.
>>
>>      The question comes up now and needs to be resolved since Johannes is
>>      about to create a release of the meta-package fenics, either 1.0-beta
>>      or 2011-08.
>>
>>      Thoughts?
>>
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