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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/24/2018 11:11 AM, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 24.07.2018 09:40, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> 
>> The version string which is the visible version information seems to be
>> 6.0 something. It has already caused confusion for those who use
>> nightlies. I hope this will be fixed permanently. Is there any hope to
>> get it changed to something unambiguous, like "post5.0-gitXXXXXX"?
> 
> I wonder what is wrong with standard git-describe with no special tag? A
> version like "5.0.0-452-g23849572" is recognizable as being 452 commits
> newer than 5.0.0, which gives me an immediate impression how different I
> can expect it to be, and still sorts before 5.1 or 6.0.
> 
>    Simon
> 

This is why I used 6.0.0-rc1.  5.1-dev will confuse the package version
sorting when 5.1.0 is released.  I'm fine with Simon's proposal but
users will be no less confused by 5.0.0-452-g23849572 than by
6.0.0-rc1-xxx-commithash.  If someone has a better idea that doesn't
break package version sorting schemes, doesn't confuse users, and
conveys the current development version, I'm open to suggestion.

Wayne