Re: [PATCH] add patchlevel to --version output

[dana <dana@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon 1 Jun 2026, at 16:46, Wesley Schwengle wrote:
> Sorry, I wasn't really active on the maillinglist in the past few months
> (or in the past year if honest).

np i was being facetious

On Mon 1 Jun 2026, at 16:46, Wesley Schwengle wrote:
> I think during our irc-discussion on the topic the preference for
> odd/even for releases vs development became a strong preference. At
> least for me it did.

i wasn't advocating for that, just mentioning that we did it that way in
another project i was involved with. i wouldn't mind it either, but it
would be a big change that would affect more than just test releases.
also i think it's considered kind of old-fashioned now?

On Mon 1 Jun 2026, at 16:46, Wesley Schwengle wrote:
> But even in those cases, a tagged pre-release is.. I'm not sure. tag vs
> release might be automated? ./zsh-release --version 5.9.2 --rc 2
> becomes 5.9.2~2 and tags it at 5.9.2-rc2?

the release process certainly should be automated, it's crazy that it's
not tbh. getting rid of the ChangeLog would help with that, we wouldn't
have to add a script to handle updating it

as far as the tag vs version number, idk

there are lots of options, i just worry about annoying people

dana