List of official devel/unstable branches

[AMDmi3]

Let's collect a list of devel/unstable software branches, so when #170 is implemented it can be used to make stable branches not counted as outdated. We need

• version pattern
• upstream url which could be used to keep the pattern up to date

Project	Pattern	URL / comments
apr	2\\..*	http://apr.apache.org/
gcc	[0-9]+\\.0.*, [0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[1-9]	https://gcc.gnu.org/releases.html, https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/gcc/releases/
GNOME1	[0-9]+\\.[0-9]*[13579]\\..*	https://developer.gnome.org/programming-guidelines/stable/versioning.html.en#stable-unstable-versionsneed
less	>4872	http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
libressl	2\\.6\\..*	https://www.libressl.org/
postgresql	10\\..*	https://www.postgresql.org/developer/beta/
tor	3\\.1\\..*	https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
wine	[0-9]+\\.[1-9].*	https://www.winehq.org/download

• slashes are doubled to simplify pasting into rules .yaml
• ¹ need full list of metapackages
• ² need new kind of version comparison

[jrmarino]

some gnome metapackages affected:

• adwaita-icon-theme
• at-spi2-atk
• at-spi2-core
• atk
• cairo
• glib
• gobject-introspection

[vcunat]

There could also be some general rules, e.g. checks for substrings like rc, beta, ...

[AMDmi3]

Sure, that's planned as well

[AMDmi3]

Listed packages should be fixed. Global rule for all rc/alpha/beta versions is not there yet

[AMDmi3]

It's there now. Not for [ab][0-9]+$ yet though, but may add as well.

[jtojnar]

Some GNOME packages listing unstable version (3.27):

• gnome-disk-utility
• gnome-keyring
• gnome-logs
• gnome-maps
• gnome-mines
• gnome-online-accounts
• gnome-photos
• gnome-shell
• gnome-shell-extensions
• gnome-software
• gnome-tweak-tool

Probably more but newer versions are not packaged https://repology.org/metapackages/?search=gnome&maintainer=&category=&inrepo=nix_unstable&notinrepo=&minspread=&maxspread=

[AMDmi3]

I've added these and some more rules. It's easier to get them raw from the database, using select distinct effname from packages where version like '3.27.%' and devel=false; query.

[jtojnar]

webkitgtk also uses the “odd minor unstable” rule.

[jtojnar]

Also these:

• eog
• geocode-glib
• gnome-boxes
• geocode-glib
• atkmm

[jtojnar]

Also python:pycairo. Nevermind, that one actually uses semver.

[jtojnar]

Three more: empathy, gnome-sudoku and deja-dup.

[jtojnar]

Also gcr, dconf-editor and glade.

[jtojnar]

Also gdm and gnome-music.

[AMDmi3]

Would be nice if you create new issues for future reports, as there are chances I may miss followups to this closed issue. Thank you!

[AMDmi3]

Also note to self: can get the list of more candidates for gnome devel versioning scheme with this query:

select effname,version from packages where version like '3.27.%' and versionclass = 1;

Or, more precise at the current moment:

select effname,version from packages where version='3.27.90' and versionclass = 1;

[vcunat]

bind newly switched to the scheme where even=stable and odd=unstable. https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/bind-announce/2018-May/001092.html

[AMDmi3]

Yeah, I've seen the news, adding rule for this was on my list. Thanks for the report anyway!

[AMDmi3]

Fixed by repology/repology-rules#33