Tickets: Milestone vs. Version

Gedare Bloom gedare at rtems.org
Fri Aug 10 20:31:37 UTC 2018


On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 2:10 AM, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
> On 10/08/2018 15:41, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 10/08/18 07:38, Chris Johns wrote:
>>> On 10/08/2018 15:03, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>>> we want a ticket for each milestone in which it is resolved. What is now the
>>>> meaning of the version field?
>>>>
>>> A ticket may be assigned to a branch but not a milestone. Milestones lets us
>>> select which tickets we fix on branch. Once all tickets on a milestone are
>>> closed the release can be made.
>>>
>>> We do not work that way at the moment. I use the milestones when making releases
>>> to move tickets scheduled for a release that are not closed to the next release.
>>
>> This doesn't explain the version field. Is version the same as branch from your
>> point of view?
>>
>
> The branch is the version of RTEMS released from that branch. In trac it is
> called version, ie 4.11, 4.10, 5 etc. The term version is more accurate, the use
> of branch is actually a VC implementation detail.
>

I had understood we should use 'version' field in Trac to indicate
when the bug first appeared. If this is not the case, then definitely
(a) we need more guidance, and (b) we probably need a way to indicate
(our best guess about) when a bug appeared.

Gedare


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