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[gnu.org #254683] Errors in http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/contribu


From: Pablo Palazon via RT
Subject: [gnu.org #254683] Errors in http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/contribute.html
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:04:43 -0400

Hello I'm GNU webmaster, you can resolve this?

> address@hidden - Mie. Oct. 12 08:28:29 2005]:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to point out what appear to be a couple of errors in the web
> page <http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/contribute.html>.  The following
> shows where the errors appear:
> 
> 
>     <li><b>Alpha releases</b> are the lowest quality tarballs we build.
>     They come from the head, and indicate that a new <b>point release</b>
>     is coming.  You can distinguish an <b>alpha</b> by its `odd' lettered
>     version suffix: 1.7b and 1.7d for example.  Alpha releases are
>     tagged in CVS as
<tt>release-</tt><i>[major]</i>-<i>[minor][letter]</i>:
>     <tt>release-1-7b</tt> and <tt>release-1-7d</tt> here.
> 
>     .
>     .
>     .
> 
>     <center>
>       <img src="cvs-release-tagging.png"  alt="CVS Release Tagging"><br>
>       <b><i>CVS tags and libtool version numbers.</i></b>
>     </center>
> 
>     <p>In addition to the official releases made by the libtool team,
>     people often like to install a self built CVS snapshot.  You can
>     distinguish a snapshot by its `odd' lettered version: where `odd'
>     means `a', `c', `e', `g', etc.
> 
> 
> The first section above implies that `a' is an `even' letter, whereas the
> last indicates that it is `odd'.  Also, on the diagram
> `cvs-release-tagging.png', release-1-7b is mislabelled `1.6b', unless I am
> more confused than I think I am.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Brooks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 





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