[opensource-dev] Closing on SG2.0 : Releasing Snowglobe 2.0.2 (RC2)

[Thickbrick Sleaford]

On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:26:24 Ricky wrote:
> Ok, I don't yet fully understand the properties of the installer
> template Thickbrick added to the Snowglobe wiki page... :/   Could
> someone update it who does?
> 
> (and maybe explain how to help maintain this.  Or a link to somewhere
> that explains it!  I'm used to regular wiki editing, but functions and
> variables in a wiki page are rather unusual...)
> 
> Thanks,
> Ricky
> Cron Stardust
> 

I didn't create those templates, I just made copies of the 1.x ones for 2.x 
installers. I think Rob Linden wrote them originally.

Those templates create the three platform links from the build number, and the 
versions numbers. There's an added complication that the trunk templates use 
another template for localization of the description and for the purpose of 
alternating between "Test build (trunk)" and "Release Candidate." (at least I 
think that's the reason.)

I think that the idea is that the Release template always points to a released 
build (i.e. 1.3.2 currently for 1.x). The trunk template should point to trunk 
most of the time, except for during the RC stages, after a release branch is 
branched, but before it is deemed "released,". During that stage it should 
point to the RC builds.

I updated the 2.x trunk and branch and 1.x trunk templates already. I hope 
Merov doesn't object.

The relevant wiki pages for 2.x are:
* https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe_2-installers
(which points to 2.0.2 (RC2). This is against the rule I wrote above, but we 
don't have a "released" 2.x build yet.)
* https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe_2-installers-trunk
(which point to 2.1.0)
* https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe_2-installers-trunk/en

And for 1.x:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe-installers
(1.3.2, no change here)
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe-installers-trunk
(1.4.1 RC1, this is now tracking release candidates until we release 1.4)
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Template:Snowglobe-installers-trunk/en

I hope that clears things up (and didn't include false info...)

I also put a mockup of my suggestion on how to clarify prettify the snowglobe 
download links a bit here:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Thickbrick_Sleaford/Sandbox

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Thickbrick