[jbosstools-dev] Xulrunner/VPE versioning fun

[Yahor Radtsevich]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Max Rydahl Andersen <
max.andersen at redhat.com> wrote:

> > The xulrunner have some weird versioning I would like to get cleaned up
> or at least documented why it is so:
> >
> > The bundle manifests uses three different versions:
> >
> > Bundle-Version: 1.9.2.16
> > this is original XR binaries
> > Bundle-Version: 1.9.2.16b
> > this is slightly changed original binaries for Windows and Linux x86. I
> have added 'b' while modifying these plugins.
> > Bundle-Version: 1.9.2.19pre
> > this is binaries from XR nightly builds for Linux x86_64, it works the
> best on Linux x86_64
>
> > The feature uses a "merged" version in 2 different shapes:
> >
> > /features/org.mozilla.xpcom.feature/feature.xml:
>  version="1.9.216.qualifier"
> > ./features/org.mozilla.xulrunner.feature/feature.xml:
>  version="1.9.218.qualifier"
> > 218 should be just a typo. Probably we it would be better if we leave
> 1.9.2.qualifier
>
> eh ? no …why not 1.9.2.18.qualifier ? hmm i guess osgi doesn't like that.
>
Yes, it doesn't like more than 4 part versions.

>
> Any how - we need to be careful about such changes since might not be
> possible to install via p2 if sudden change in sequence of version number.
>
> >
> > Questions for Yahor/Denis:
> >
> > 1) Does these ever change ? if yes then they should have .qualifiers in
> the manifest
> > Yes, Denis and I are trying to keep it updated.
>
> So what part of the version number do you bump on changes ?
>
We keep original XR version and add changes to the last part. Yes, it could
be dangerous if we decide to downgrade XR.

>
> > 2) Any reason why a mix of .16/.16b/.19pre and 216/218 ?
> > Yes, see above. Different OSs need different XR versions. I will add
> comments to poms.
>
> ok. thanks.
>
> /max
>
> >
> > /max
> > http://about.me/maxandersen
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > --Yahor
>
> /max
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