Re: Test release: 5.7.1-test-1

[Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dana wrote on Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 15:26:09 -0600:
> On 16 Dec 2019, at 19:16, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> OK, sorry, needed to let this sit for a while.
> 
> I've updated the versioning scheme per your suggestion (as i interpreted it,
> at least). I also updated the example versions so it's not quite *as*
> ahistorical. This is what you had in mind, right?

Yes, LGTM, thanks!

The only addition I can think of is to spell out somewhere when the version
number becomes *-test-*: for a prelease.

> If there are no further issues, i will probably post another test release this
> week end (per workers/45047). I'm going to stick with the current versioning
> scheme until 5.8 is out, so as not to mess up any version comparisons between
> 5.7.x releases.
> 
> dana
> 
> 
> diff --git a/Etc/creating-a-release.txt b/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> index dfde269ae..485d7ebaf 100644
> --- a/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> +++ b/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> @@ -6,37 +6,55 @@ To create a zsh release:
⋮
> diff --git a/Etc/creating-a-release.txt b/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> index 485d7ebaf..27a5b9a5a 100644
> --- a/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> +++ b/Etc/creating-a-release.txt
> @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ To create a zsh release:

I don't know how you're generating these diffs, but you may find «git
format-patch --stdout @{upstream}..HEAD» useful.

Cheers,

Daniel