Attention: Answers.ros.org is deprecated as of August the 11th, 2023. Please visit robotics.stackexchange.com to ask a new question. This site will remain online in read-only mode during the transition and into the foreseeable future. Selected questions and answers have been migrated, and redirects have been put in place to direct users to the corresponding questions on Robotics Stack Exchange. Additional details are available here.

When to release build increment?

asked 2013-09-03 05:26:59 -0500

130s

10937 ●203 ●339 ●330 http://www.linkedin.co...

updated 2013-09-03 07:45:40 -0500

William

17335 ●101 ●182 ●262 http://wjwwood.io/

Related to a discussion at this release request.

Even looking at this, I still feel like making only build-increment release, when I add to upstream/development repository that's only a change that has nothing to do with functionality. Especially when the change is an attempt to pass buildfarm, which I think ideally should have been included in the "first" release (ie. 0 build increment) but somehow missed and found on buildfarm. I just want to confirm in the situation like this do we still need to release a new version? If it is defined I'd appreciate that. Thanks!

edit retag flag offensive close merge delete

add a comment

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted

answered 2013-09-03 07:49:27 -0500

William

17335 ●101 ●182 ●262 http://wjwwood.io/

If you change the upstream repository then you must increase the upstream version. Period. If you don't want to have to make a lot of patch releases, then you should make sure it builds before you commit it to the farm.

The release increment is only to be used for when you change the release of the package without touching the upstream. This includes running the release again for new rosdep rules, running for new release targets (like os or platform), or to add a patch in the release repository (should ideally be reserved for third party packages).

edit flag offensive delete link

add a comment

Question Tools

1 follower

Stats

Asked: 2013-09-03 05:26:59 -0500

Seen: 201 times

Last updated: Sep 03 '13

When to release build increment? edit

1 Answer

Question Tools

Stats

Related questions

When to release build increment?