On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:27 AM, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com> wrote: > Let's simply talk in terms of "version 18", "version 19" etc. > On the mailing list, in release notes, on conference slides. +1 For example: diff --git a/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt b/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt index 366a498..57e8f07 100644 --- a/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt +++ b/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt @@ -2,25 +2,26 @@ -- [ATTRIBUTION] -We are [SYNONYM FOR 'pleased'] to announce Perl [VERSION], the [N-TH] -development release of Perl 5.17. +We are [SYNONYM FOR 'pleased'] to announce version [VERSION.SUBVERSION], +the [N-TH] development release of version 17 of Perl 5. -You will soon be able to download Perl [VERSION] from your favorite CPAN -mirror or find it at: +You will soon be able to download Perl [VERSION.SUBVERSION] from your +favorite CPAN mirror or find it at: -https://metacpan.org/release/[AUTHOR]/perl-[VERSION]/ +https://metacpan.org/release/[AUTHOR]/perl-5.[VERSION.SUBVERSION]/ SHA1 digests for this release are: - [TAR.GZ SHA1] perl-[VERSION].tar.gz - [TAR.BZ2 SHA1] perl-[VERSION].tar.bz2 + [TAR.GZ SHA1] perl-5.[VERSION.SUBVERSION].tar.gz + [TAR.BZ2 SHA1] perl-5.[VERSION.SUBVERSION].tar.bz2 You can find a full list of changes in the file "perldelta.pod" located in the "pod" directory inside the release and on the web. [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SECTION FROM PERLDELTA] -We expect to release Perl [NEXT BLEAD VERSION] on [FUTURE DATE]. The next -major stable release of Perl 5, version 5.18.0, should appear in May 2013. +We expect to release version [NEXT BLEAD VERSION.SUBVERSION] on [FUTURE +DATE]. The next major stable release of Perl 5, version 18.0, should +appear in May 2013. [YOUR SALUATION HERE] -- David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> Take back your inbox! → http://www.bunchmail.com/ Twitter/IRC: @xdgThread Previous | Thread Next