Re: Test release: 5.7.1-test-1

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dana wrote on Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 16:11:13 -0600:
> On 15 Dec 2019, at 21:55, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > At this point, why don't we change it to X.Y.Z.N-blah
> 
> I like this idea if you guys do. It's easy to understand and should play well
> with just about any version-comparison method. We use a similar scheme where i
> work.
> 
> Pending a decision on that, though...

I'd say, go ahead with making the change unless anyone objects.  It won't
affect the numbering of stable releases so the risk of disruption is minimal.

> On 15 Dec 2019, at 21:55, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Please keep whitespace/wrapping changes and substantive changes in separate
> > commits.  They are otherwise hard to review.
> 
> Sorry, that was cheeky. I've broken the white-space changes out into a second
> patch this time

Don't worry about it.

> On 15 Dec 2019, at 21:55, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In principle, it'll be nice to have archived copies of all tarballs
> 
> I agree, but it doesn't look like we've done that historically, so i figured
> i'd just document the process we have now. I think i still don't have access
> to zsh.org/pub myself (?), but if i ever get it in the future i can copy the
> artefacts over from Sourceforge and update the instructions going forward

Thanks.  I don't have access either.

Cheers,

Daniel