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nsz32
About package release and tags
Currently the AUR has only xfce4-docklike-plugin-git which builds the latest version. It is a version during development and may be unstable. I would like to create tags as a stable stage in this project and release them regularly. I think this will allow users to separate stable versions from unstable-git.
Yep, it's time to make such thing. Did you know if the AUR package can ask if the user want stable or unstable code ?
I'm sorry I don't understand English well, so I don't know if I can interpret it correctly. Does it mean that users can choose between stable and unstable versions?
Yes, I propose to keep one AUR package that let the user choose between stable and unstable version. If this is possible ...
Also the stable tag risk to block some new translations in the future. I don't plan to implement many new features for the next month, so, we can restart this discussion after some translations are integrated.
understood. After some translations are integrated, I hope the release is done (the tags are created) and a stable package is created.
@nsz32
I thought I'd bump this. What do you think still needs doing before making a release? I can take care of some of the less complex coding tasks, but some of it is beyond me.
Without a release, many distros won't package it up, so I'd suggest one be made asap, as there is discussion to drop it from the xubuntu ppa because of this. https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+archive/ubuntu/extras
Hi. I've never done a release of any kind of software and it seems nsz32 is not available to do any work towards this ATM. I could generate some tarballs on my github page. The only significant, non-feature request issue is #90, but I don't have the c++ expertise to resolve it.
@SwampRabbit can you assist with this effort, as I see that dolphinoracle is also using it.
I've created a release over on my github page. Give it a try and let me know if it works: https://github.com/davekeogh/xfce4-docklike-plugin/releases/tag/v0.2.0
I have created a package with @davekeogh 's tag. They are working fine, at least in my environment.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfce4-docklike-plugin/
@philipzae apologies, was away from dev/packaging work for awhile due to real life.
When we package something we stick to the developer's release number and append distro specifics. Technically, any distro can package something with or without a release number, in cases where there isn't, then for example we can use the git version number.
So I can't really help set the release number or anything. But I can say that what @davekeogh is doing is perfectly fine. Additionally, the 0.2.0 version builds and seems to work without issue on MX-19 / Debian 10.
