debian package and 0.39_beta thoughts

[Xavier Oswald]

On 21:26 Sat 05 Dec     , PICCA Frédéric-Emmanuel wrote:
> > Right. I missed this point since I was very busy last few months and didn't get
> > a look at the git evolution. :/
> 
> > So we have 2 ways for solving this issue:
> > - Re-do the Makefile as it was before
> > - Add a debian patch for updating the current Makefile in the way we want.
> 
> a 0.39-rc1 is already present in the master branch. So maybe we should merge master and (upstream/stable) to generate a new
> package with the right Makefile.

0.39-rc1 is buggy on windows and need some fixes.

But we can use this version to prepare the debian package for the 0.4 release.

> also numbering with three digits is better that this -beta or -rc thing. 0.39 is already a pre release for the 0.40 version ;). It cause problem during the debian process. is 0.39_beta > 0.39-rc1 ???

Yes. Then we will probably have a 0.39-rc2 and maybe rc3 before 0.4

> So I would vote for lisaac-0.39.1.tar.gz

Already discussed with Benoit. He don't like 3 digits in version and want to
keep it simpler with 2 digits

> > If the team agree to move the stable branch to upstream it is done. We can
> > create the pristine-tar branch, it's not annoying. And the debian branch already
> > exists.
> 
> yes the debian one is already there, the pristine-tar would be generated by git-buildpackage.
> so no need to generate it for me :)

I know ;)

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