[llvm-dev] RFC: Release process changes

[Sedat Dilek via llvm-dev]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 6:11 PM Tom Stellard <tstellar at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 06/06/2020 02:10 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > can you change your release process in concerns of "RC" releases at
> > naming convention?
> >
>
> You can submit a patch to fix the export.sh script if you want, but
> I'm not sure if people might complain about the changed format.  Some
> people have scripts that depend on the current format.
>

Hi Tom,

thanks for your feedback.

To be honest I am interested in llvm-toolchain v10.0.1 final.

I learned in my first lectures in computer science the importance of
the number "0" - a gift from the Indian mathematicians.

So, why do not start with "-rc0" :-).

I remember when doing some Xorg hacking.
The naming convention towards RCs was - brought to llvm-toolchain -
with dignifying "0"...

10.0.90 - 10.0.1-rc0
10.0.91 - 10.0.1-rc1
10.0.92 - 10.0.1-rc2
etc.

10 - major
0 - minor
90 - patchlevel

This way Xorg folks could check with the patchlevel-number to
enable/disable features.

Hey, you fear a onliner-change can displease some people and their
scripts, Oh my dear.
Come on, you are *the* release-manager with a red fedora on the head :-).

See the above as some ideas of improvement and as an impulse - not more.

Virtual greetings from North-West Germany,
- Sedat -

>
> > [ Example ]
> >
> > Git Tag: "llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1"
> > llvm-project prerelease tarball: "llvm-project-10.0.1rc1.tar.xz"
> >
> > The release Git tag is called "llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1" (here: "-rc1" with
> > dash) but the provided prerelease tarballs have "10.0.1rc1" (here:
> > "rc1" without dash) string in their file-names.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Regards,
> > - Sedat -
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1
> > [2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1/llvm-project-10.0.1rc1.tar.xz
> > [3] https://prereleases.llvm.org/10.0.1/
> >
>