[erlang-questions] FW: Version numbering scheme change and the implication / Re: [ANN] Erlang/OTP 17.0-rc1 has been released.

[Andreas Schumacher]

Re: otp_version: In addition to 
erlang:system_info(otp_correction_package), a corresponding flag 
"otp_version" - similar to [emulator] "version" - is going to be added 
to the erl command, in order to allow the extraction of the complete 
version number from command line tools. Other additions to extract the 
Erlang/OTP version have not been planned.

Re: 17.0.0 =?= 17.0: Yes, they are the same. We could have used the 
extra ".0", but we chose not to.

Andreas

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Andreas Schumacher, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vlad Dumitrescu [mailto:vladdu55@REDACTED]
> Sent: den 13 februari 2014 10:35
> To: Andreas Schumacher
> Cc: Anthony Ramine; erlang-questions; Rickard Green
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Version numbering scheme change and the implication / Re: [ANN] Erlang/OTP 17.0-rc1 has been released.
>
> Hi!
>
> A couple of more questions about versins:
>
> - how can we find the otp_version without starting erlang? otp_release is in the start scripts, but I can't find anywhere "17.0-rc1"...
> - is 17.0.0 the same as 17.0? Is it a problem to use the extra ".0"?
>
> regards,
> Vlad
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Andreas Schumacher <andreas@REDACTED> wrote:
>>  From the versioning clarification mail that I sent on behalf of the
>> OTP team to the list on February 7:
>>
>>
>> "The new version scheme is *not* semantic versioning; although, it has
>> been inspired by it. We do not want to use semantic versioning (as
>> defined by
>> http://semver.org/) out of the box since it does not fit our needs."
>>
>> Andreas Schumacher
>> Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED
>>> [mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Anthony
>>> Ramine
>>> Sent: den 12 februari 2014 02:48
>>> To: Rickard Green
>>> Cc: erlang-questions@REDACTED
>>> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Version numbering scheme change and
>>> the implication / Re: [ANN] Erlang/OTP 17.0-rc1 has been released.
>>>
>>> So OTP won't follow semantic versioning, right?
>>>
>>> Just seeking confirmation about semver.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anthony Ramine
>>>
>>> Le 12 févr. 2014 à 00:43, Rickard Green <rickard@REDACTED> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> As of OTP 17 we drop this patch level number sequence and start
>>>> using one set of patch level numbers per release. The patch level is
>>>> not expressed as an integer as it used to be, but instead as a
>>>> version number <X>.<Y>.<Z>[.<N> ...], for example, 17.0.1. This way
>>>> the patch level gives you a bit more information. You can for
>>>> example see directly which OTP release it applies to. This patch
>>>> level version number also replace the -<X> tar-ball naming scheme.
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