* a question about binutils snapshot & release versions
@ 2011-10-20 0:59 Kamble, Nitin A
2011-10-20 8:26 ` Tristan Gingold
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From: Kamble, Nitin A @ 2011-10-20 0:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils; +Cc: Kamble, Nitin A
Hi binutils developers,
I have a question about release version of binutils. I need to choose right version of binutils for the yoctoproject.org. And I am bit confused by versioning scheme out there.
As per this webpage: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/, The latest release of GNU binutils is 2.21.
But I see snapshot images over here ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots up to version 2.22.51.
So aren't the snapshot images official version of binutils? I was thinking the 2.22.51 should be the latest version, but it is not.
Can somebody please explain me this versioning scheme, and when to use the latest snapshot and when the latest released version?
Thank you,
Nitin
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* Re: a question about binutils snapshot & release versions
2011-10-20 0:59 a question about binutils snapshot & release versions Kamble, Nitin A
@ 2011-10-20 8:26 ` Tristan Gingold
2011-10-20 23:04 ` Kamble, Nitin A
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From: Tristan Gingold @ 2011-10-20 8:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kamble, Nitin A; +Cc: binutils
On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:59 AM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> Hi binutils developers,
> I have a question about release version of binutils. I need to choose right version of binutils for the yoctoproject.org. And I am bit confused by versioning scheme out there.
>
> As per this webpage: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/, The latest release of GNU binutils is 2.21.
> But I see snapshot images over here ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots up to version 2.22.51.
>
> So aren't the snapshot images official version of binutils?
No they aren't. Snapshot are daily created and are just tar balls of the current development tree.
> I was thinking the 2.22.51 should be the latest version, but it is not.
Correct. The latest release is 2.21.1a, the 2.22 release is still on-going work, and the current development tree (versioned 2.22.51) will eventually create the 2.23 version.
> Can somebody please explain me this versioning scheme, and when to use the latest snapshot and when the latest released version?
You'd better to always use the latest released version unless you need very recently added features or unless you want to beta test.
There are some information about versioning in http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html.
Tristan.
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* RE: a question about binutils snapshot & release versions
2011-10-20 8:26 ` Tristan Gingold
@ 2011-10-20 23:04 ` Kamble, Nitin A
2011-10-21 7:28 ` Tristan Gingold
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Kamble, Nitin A @ 2011-10-20 23:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tristan Gingold; +Cc: binutils
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tristan Gingold [mailto:gingold@adacore.com]
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:59 AM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
> > Hi binutils developers,
> > I have a question about release version of binutils. I need to
> choose right version of binutils for the yoctoproject.org. And I am bit
> confused by versioning scheme out there.
> >
> > As per this webpage: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/, The
> latest release of GNU binutils is 2.21.
> > But I see snapshot images over here
> ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots up to version 2.22.51.
> >
> > So aren't the snapshot images official version of binutils?
>
> No they aren't. Snapshot are daily created and are just tar balls of
> the current development tree.
>
>
> > I was thinking the 2.22.51 should be the latest version, but it is
> not.
>
> Correct. The latest release is 2.21.1a, the 2.22 release is still on-
> going work, and the current development tree (versioned 2.22.51) will
> eventually create the 2.23 version.
Thank you for prompt response Tristan. It does help understand the use of version numbers better.
So if I understand right then the current 2.21.90 snapshot will soon lead into the 2.22 released version.
Do you have any idea when 2.22 will be released ?
Thanks,
Nitin
>
> > Can somebody please explain me this versioning scheme, and when to
> use the latest snapshot and when the latest released version?
>
> You'd better to always use the latest released version unless you need
> very recently added features or unless you want to beta test.
>
> There are some information about versioning in
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html.
>
> Tristan.
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* Re: a question about binutils snapshot & release versions
2011-10-20 23:04 ` Kamble, Nitin A
@ 2011-10-21 7:28 ` Tristan Gingold
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From: Tristan Gingold @ 2011-10-21 7:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kamble, Nitin A; +Cc: binutils
On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:04 AM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tristan Gingold [mailto:gingold@adacore.com]
>> On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:59 AM, Kamble, Nitin A wrote:
>
>>> Hi binutils developers,
>>> I have a question about release version of binutils. I need to
>> choose right version of binutils for the yoctoproject.org. And I am bit
>> confused by versioning scheme out there.
>>>
>>> As per this webpage: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/, The
>> latest release of GNU binutils is 2.21.
>>> But I see snapshot images over here
>> ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots up to version 2.22.51.
>>>
>>> So aren't the snapshot images official version of binutils?
>>
>> No they aren't. Snapshot are daily created and are just tar balls of
>> the current development tree.
>>
>>
>>> I was thinking the 2.22.51 should be the latest version, but it is
>> not.
>>
>> Correct. The latest release is 2.21.1a, the 2.22 release is still on-
>> going work, and the current development tree (versioned 2.22.51) will
>> eventually create the 2.23 version.
>
> Thank you for prompt response Tristan. It does help understand the use of version numbers better.
You;re welcome.
> So if I understand right then the current 2.21.90 snapshot will soon lead into the 2.22 released version.
That's right.
> Do you have any idea when 2.22 will be released ?
In november.
Tristan.
>
> Thanks,
> Nitin
>
>>
>>> Can somebody please explain me this versioning scheme, and when to
>> use the latest snapshot and when the latest released version?
>>
>> You'd better to always use the latest released version unless you need
>> very recently added features or unless you want to beta test.
>>
>> There are some information about versioning in
>> http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html.
>>
>> Tristan.
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