Your release tag names/version strings are confusing [#252474]

This module looks interesting, though I haven't tried using it. However, looking at the project page, your releases and version strings are rather confusing. CVS shouldn't let you do what you're doing. ;) I just submitted #252473: Prevent people from putting "-dev" in CVS tag names about it. However, FYI, please stop putting "-dev" at the end of official release tags. You're completely blurring the distinctions the release system is trying to make clear between official releases and development snapshots.

Furthermore, it's not really a good idea to create new official releases for basically every separate issue you fix. Sounds like you really should have just created a 5.x-1.x-dev development snapshot, and hold off on a 5.x-1.0 official release until you thought it it was stable...

http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/releases/types for more info.

Cheers,
-Derek

Comments

Comment #1

boneless commented 15 May 2008 at 23:23

Hey Derek,

Cheers for comments, I guess you're right with most of it.
So far all '-dev' versions are versions to be tested. As the module is pretty big and more than complex by now, I have to rely on the community to test. If there is enough feedback telling me it is working fine, I will shift the module to a stable version. Sadly it is really hard to get any positive feedback, as even the users with problems often just disappear without a trace...

Usually I create a new release when I have a big package to be submitted, but sometimes these contain major errors which need fixing so I commit the solution straight away to make the module usable, whether you like it or not :)

If there are no further bug reports, I'll release an official version.

Comment #2

dww

we/he/they

commented 15 May 2008 at 23:36

I'm not saying you should claim it's stable when it's not. But that's what "alpha" or "beta" releases are for. It's specifically calling them "-dev" that's so confusing, given that "-dev" means something very different everywhere else on drupal.org.