Re: Release branch added to git

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 11:02:08AM +0100, Robert Pluim wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:26:54 +0000, Gavin Smith 
> >>>>> <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com> said:
> 
>     Gavin> I have updated the version number on the release branch to 7.0.1 
> already,
>     Gavin> so it should be ready to go at the time we decide to make a new 
> release
>     Gavin> from this branch.
> 
> Iʼd suggest you not do that until you actually release 7.0.1. As it
> stands it creates ambiguity: is a build really 7.0.1, or is it just
> built from the release branch? Perhaps 7.0.1-prerelease (or you can
> see if you can get the git repository version in there somehow)
> -- 

I don't see that this really affects anybody apart from me.  It just
means that I don't have to update the version number (which is a
somewhat fiddly process) before issuing the release.

If people are reporting problems from a release branch build, then one
hopes they would have the good sense to state this.