Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/engineering-standards/eng-standards-versioning.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/engineering-standards/eng-standards-versioning.xml,v diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/engineering-standards/eng-standards-versioning.xml 13 Mar 2001 22:59:26 -0000 1.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/xml/engineering-standards/eng-standards-versioning.xml 2 Feb 2002 03:47:32 -0000 1.2 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ -ACS version numbers help identify at a high-level what is in a +OpenACS version numbers help identify at a high-level what is in a particular release and what has changed since the last release. A "version number" is really just a string of the form: @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ A change in the major version number indicates a fundamental -change in the architecture of the system, e.g. ACS 2 to ACS 3. A +change in the architecture of the system, e.g. OpenACS 3 to ACS 4. A change in the minor version number signifies the addition of -new modules and minor data model changes, e.g. ACS 3.1 to ACS 3.2. +new modules and minor data model changes, e.g. OpenACS 3.1 to OpenACS 3.2. The final release number indicates the relative maturity of a release and marks things like bug fixes; it follows the ordered progression: @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ -acs-3.2.2 -acs-4.0.beta +openacs-3.2.5 +openacs-4.0.beta -The first is a relatively mature release of the ACS 3.2 base code -and the second is a non-public release of ACS 4.0 that probably still +The first is a relatively mature release of the OpenACS 3.2 base code +and the second is a non-public release of OpenACS 4.0 that probably still has lots of bugs. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ -In the future, ArsDigita packages should follow this same +In the future, OpenACS packages should follow this same convention on version numbers. @@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ So what distinguishes an alpha release from a beta release? Or from a production release? We follow a specific set of -rules for how ACS makes the transition from one state of maturity to +rules for how OpenACS makes the transition from one state of maturity to the next. Every release must pass the minimum requirements that it cleanly -installs and cleanly upgrades from the previous version of ACS. In +installs and cleanly upgrades from the previous version of OpenACS. In addition to this the release label implies: