[Zope3-dev] Re: A thought on backward compatibility and minimum versions

[Jim Fulton]

On Jun 1, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Chris Withers wrote:

> Jim Fulton wrote:
>>>> Any release tagged as "alpha", "beta", "rc", "pre", or with an  
>>>> SVN revision.
>>>
>>> I agree with Tres' goal. I think setuptools refers to those as
>>> "pre-release tags". And I think anything that has a pre-release tag
>>> should be considered unstable.
>> SVN revisions are provided as post-release tags.
>
> wow, that's not good...
>
> If I'm running a production setup, I'd be mortified if upgrading a  
> library with setuptools suddenly pulled down a load of pre or post  
> release eggs :-S
>
> I know buildout lets your feeze egg version numbers, but not doing  
> silly things seems like something setuptools should do ;-)

As I mentioned earlier, "silly" is a matter of policy.  I'll note  
(not proudly) that both setuptools and buildout are both currently on  
a "pre release" status.  I plan to get buildout to 1.0 rsn.

Jim

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