[Zope-dev] Re: SVN: zc.datetimewidget/trunk/ prepare for a sanitizing release, thanks to a wild svn-based release

[Tres Seaver]

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Fred Drake wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Log message for revision 87005:
>>  prepare for a sanitizing release, thanks to a wild svn-based release
> ...
>>  CHANGES
>>  =======
>>
>> +0.6.1 (2008-05-29)
>> +------------------
>> +
>> +Unchanged from 0.5.2, but released with a new version number thanks to a
>> +package with an 0.6.1dev-rBFN revision found in the wild.
> 
> This is disgusting.  We're going to have to all avoid placing those
> nasty releases with Subversion revision numbers in any public
> repositories.  I'm sure I'm among the guilty, but... we've gotta do
> better.

Amen.

<dead-horse beat="sans-merci">
If we quit keeping "guessed nex version number" on the trunk (or on
release branches), such a release would be harder to make.  Also, we
wouldn't have to make unneeded changes to setup.py on the trunk.
</dead-horse>


Tres.
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