[bitbake-devel] Release and versions

[Michael Wood]

Hi,

We're currently manually maintaining a file[1] that maps metadata 
release names e.g. 'fido' to the corresponding Bitbake version in 
'toasterconf'. This is time consuming and confusing for people who are 
running Bitbake/Toaster or Poky to work out which toasterconf is suited 
for their setup.

Currently the only real need for these files is to know which Bitbake 
versions are supported with which metadata versions, without someone 
reading https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Releases and editing a file 
and submitting it. Would it make sense to make Bitbake versions match 
those of it's metadata?
If departing from the current numbering scheme wouldn't be welcomed, 
would there be room for a compromise where the Bitbake versions also 
contain the release name e.g. 1.26_fido?

Thanks,

Michael

[1] 
http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/toasterconf.json