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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 09:28:53AM +0200, Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> 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?

One possibility that Johannes has suggested is to let the FEniCS
package number follow the DOLFIN package number. For most users, that
is the most interesting number.

--
Anders


> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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