6.3.50.2004-11-31 instead of 6.3.50_20041131; Was: Changes to snapshot directory

[Andrew Cagney]

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> I'm looking to change GDB's snapshots/ directory.  At present we've:
> 
>     ftp://sources.redhat/com/pub/gdb/snapshots/branch/
>     ftp://sources.redhat/com/pub/gdb/snapshots/current/
> 
> where the first directory contains tarballs from the most recent branch, 
> and the latter tarballs from the mainline.
> 
> The problem I see with this is that it is hard to track a snapshot 
> series vis:
> 
>     gdb-6.2.50 -> gdb-6.2.90 -> gdb-6.3 -> gdb-6.3.1
> 
> you need to ``just know'' that half is found in current/ and half is 
> found in branch/.
> 
> I can think of two alternatives:
> 
> - flatten things - snapshots/
> - have separate release series directories -  6.2, 6.3, ...
> 
> I've a vague preference for the former,
> thoughts?

In looking to implmement this I identified another simplification.  I 
think we can reduce things to:

6.2.90_2004-11-23 -> 6.2.90.20041123
6.3 -> 6.3
6.3.0.90_2004-11-25 -> 6.3.0.20041125

i.e., make the date just another part of the version number.

I've attached an attempt at revising the doco to reflect this.

comments?
Andrew
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