[Dev] schema version number and branches

[Andi Vajda]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Heikki Toivonen wrote:

> It just occurred to me that we need to be careful with the domain
> model's schema version (application.Utility.SCHEMA_VERSION) and
> branches. It seems it is a string so it should be easy to settle on a
> syntax.
>
> So, for trunk, I think continuing as we have is fine.
>
> For branch, I suggest the value should be of the form "branch-number".
> When a branch is initially created, it does not need to be changed, but
> when a change that requires SCHEMA_VERSION change it should be changed
> to the branch version.

Indeed. I suggest we use the same letter(s) used in the BP (so-called branch 
prefix) I introduced a few months ago with my branch. The BP is set in
chandler/Makefile and in external/Makefile.inc.
On my branch, for example, this version number would become "a139"

Andi..