Versioning¶
This version policy closely follows the Semantic Versioning model. Formatting of pre-release designations and build information does not exactly follow the Semantic Versioning model, but instead follows established standards for Python and RPM packaging.
Python Package Version¶
The version of Pulp’s Python packages should follow the PEP-386 scheme for setuptools utilizing a “X.Y.Z” pattern as major, minor and patch versions respectively.
Alpha, beta, and release candidate versions will be designated by a single character “a”, “b” or “c” after the patch number, for example “2.1.0a”.
Pulp is not currently distributed as Python packages, but instead as RPM packages. Thus, there may not be an effort to distinguish between different versions of an alpha, beta or release candidate. Instead, the version is likely to stay at something like “2.1.0a” for some period of time before moving to “2.1.0b”, etc. Put another way, pre-release version numbers may not be incremented regularly.
RPM Package Version¶
Pulp’s RPM packages should follow the version scheme prescribed by Fedora.
This scheme is very similar to the Python version scheme, except the pre-release designations go in the release field.
For all pre-release versions, the first item of the “release” field will be “0”. The second item will increment with each build. The third item will be one of “alpha”, “beta”, and “rc”.
For each released version, the “release” field will begin at “1” and increment with new builds of the same version.
Lifecycle Example¶
| Stage | Python | RPM |
|---|---|---|
| Release | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0-1 |
| New Build | 2.0.0 | 2.0.0-2 |
| Bug Fix Beta | 2.0.1b | 2.0.1-0.1.beta |
| Bug Fix Release | 2.0.1 | 2.0.1-1 |
| Begin Minor Release | 2.1.0a | 2.1.0-0.1.alpha |
| More Work | 2.1.0a | 2.1.0-0.2.alpha |
| Feature Complete | 2.1.0b | 2.1.0-0.3.beta |
| More Work | 2.1.0b | 2.1.0-0.4.beta |
| Release Candidate | 2.1.0c | 2.1.0-0.5.rc |
| Release Candidate | 2.1.0c | 2.1.0-0.6.rc |
| Release | 2.1.0 | 2.1.0-1 |