Features/Dotted Activity Versions
Summary
Let activity developers release bugfix versions and do not mess them with already released new versions(e.g. bugfix for several-versions-ago release w/o breaking/confusing-users existed versioning scheme).
Owner
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Current status
- Targeted release: 0.88
- Last updated: Sun Dec 6 03:13:02 UTC 2009
- Percentage of completion: 0%
Detailed Description
In case of backwards compatibility (how < 0.88 and >= 0.88 users will see new version), there could be several options:
- use two separate activity.info fields for version, existing activity_version and new one with new full version. < 0.88 user will see activity_version, and >= 0.88 version from new field could lead to various misunderstanding e.g. why activity_version has one value and new_field has another one
- reuse existing activity_version field as a major part of dotted version and new field for minor part, < 0.88 user will see only activity_version and >= 0.88 will see activity_version.new_field version, in that case we don't break existing versioning line e.g. Browse-104 will be Browse-104 (even after adding new version w/ incremented new_field value) for all sugars(but >= 0.88 users will see incremented part)
- reuse existing activity_version field as a minor part of dotted version and new field for major part < 0.88 user will see only activity_version and >= 0.88 new_field.activity_version version also doesn't break versioning line but could confuse >=0.88 users who upgrade their sugar to 0.88 and will see Browse-2.105
Benefit to Sugar
Let activity developers release bugfix versions and do not mess them with already released new versions(e.g. bugfix for several-versions-ago release w/o breaking/confusing-users existed versioning scheme).
Scope
This feature could affect versioning scheme of all existed activities.
UI Design
Nothing.
How To Test
Features/Dotted Activity Versions/Testing
User Experience
If this feature is noticeable by its target audience, how will their experiences change as a result? Describe what they will see or notice.
Dependencies
Regular glucose dependencies.
Contingency Plan
None necessary, revert to previous release behaviour.
Documentation
Release Notes
The Sugar Release Notes inform end-users about what is new in the release. An Example is 0.84/Notes. The release notes also help users know how to deal with platform changes such as ABIs/APIs, configuration or data file formats, or upgrade concerns. If there are any such changes involved in this feature, indicate them here. You can also link to upstream documentation if it satisfies this need. This information forms the basis of the release notes edited by the release team and shipped with the release.