[svsm-devel] [RFC] COCONUT-SVSM Release Process

[Jörg Rödel]

Hi Dionna,

On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 08:20:03AM -0800, Dionna Amalie Glaze wrote:
> A scheme we use has been YYYY-MM[-DD][-profile][-rcX]
> The profile marker is to allow for different build profiles from the same trunk.
> I don't think that releases from a SHA1 hash make sense, since I would
> always presume that cutting a release tag means creating a branch upon
> which to cherry-pick fixes. Cherry-picking on top of the named SHA1
> hash changes the head hash and kind of ruins it.
> If you want D to mean unstable features but are not broken outright,
> I'd say to call it the unstable profile. That way you make sure to
> track experimental/unstable additions behind features that you can
> later promote to stable.

Using a profile approach for version strings is a good way for the SVSM
as well, thanks for that suggestion.

I will set this topic on the agenda of tomorrows call as well.

Regards,

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