kio-extras versions on Bugzilla

[Thomas Baumgart]

Placing the git commit into the executable is probably a specialty we
have in KMyMoney and is not available elsewhere. It may also not be
(and is not for KMyMoney) available from distro packaged versions
based on tarballs.

Thomas

On Donnerstag, 15. Juni 2023 17:34:04 CEST Jack wrote:

> I like that.
> 
> Further question on details - I can see any bug filed against (for 
> example) a specific git commit is eventually fixed by a released 
> version.  Do you consider it really filed against that version, or just 
> fixed in that version, which didn't actually exist at the time, and no 
> longer (hopefully) exhibits the bug) or against the previously released 
> version (where it might not exist if it was introduced by a later 
> commit.?  There is a field for "fixed in" so I don't see any reason to 
> change the "filed against" version.  Am I missing something?
> 
> On 6/15/23 11:30, Nate Graham wrote:
> > The inherent challenge here is that everything reported against a git 
> > version eventually turns into a report against a specific released 
> > version once that version gets released. Ideally all such bug reports 
> > would have the version number changed accordingly to the appropriate 
> > number once the release is made. But that sounds really challenging to 
> > do.
> >
> > In the absence of that, maybe just "git stable branch" and "git master 
> > branch"?
> >
> > Nate
> >
> >
> > On 6/15/23 09:14, Jack wrote:
> >> I'll also ask what to do for reporting against head of a git branch 
> >> other than master?  For programs that have a release or stable branch 
> >> (often named for the release number) there is a big difference 
> >> between head of that branch and git master.  For example, KMyMoney 
> >> has 5.1 branch. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is any way for 
> >> this naming to be consistent across applications and frameworks and 
> >> .... unless something like "git production branch."
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >> On 6/15/23 09:26, Nate Graham wrote:
> >>> My preference would be for "git master" but I'll gladly go with any 
> >>> alternative consensus. What I think matters more is to get 
> >>> *something* standardized.
> >>>
> >>> Nate
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 6/15/23 00:52, Heiko Becker wrote:
> >>>>> On 6/14/23 20:15, Justin Zobel wrote:
> >>>>>> I asked Nate but he said versions on Bugzilla are added by a script.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can you please add git-master as a version for kio-extras on 
> >>>>>> Bugzilla
> >>>>>> on your next batch of updates, thank you.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thursday, 15 June 2023 04:17:09 CEST, Nate Graham wrote:
> >>>>> ...And while we're doing this, maybe we can coordinate on a 
> >>>>> consistent name for it. I see we use "master", "git master" and 
> >>>>> "git-master" in various different places.
> >>>>
> >>>> While it's true that a script is used to add Gear versions to 
> >>>> Bugzilla, it reads those versions from CMake's project(). So it'll 
> >>>> not be useful without a bit of hacking, once we decide on a 
> >>>> consistent name.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>> Heiko
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> 
> 

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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