#1813 NORM Update.: Reset build numbers to 50000.

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#1813: Reset build numbers to 50000.
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  Reporter:  cjb                  |       Owner:  cscott  
      Type:  defect               |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  Update.2
 Component:  ofw - open firmware  |     Version:          
Resolution:                       |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0                    |  
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Comment(by cscott):

 My opinion is that we should *not* reset the build numbering.  My counter
 proposal:

 Our official build numbering will be continuous, with un-prefixed versions
 being 'release candidates' of one form or another.

 Official builds will go in:
   http://download.laptop.org/os/official
 These will be signed with MP, etc, keys.

 Unofficial, unsigned, release candidates are in:
   http://download.laptop.org/os/candidate
 I don't expect there to be many (if any) of these; the only reason would
 be if we wanted to test a candidate with known-bad security properties.

 Development builds have prefixes. 'joyride-3', 'kernel-625', etc.  They
 will not be signed.
 They are in:
   http://download.laptop.org/os/development

 Free development between major releases, occurs on joyride.  When a
 release freezes, we form a 'killjoy' fork and synchronize build numbers.
 If the last official release was 625, then we start with 'killjoy-626'.
 Near the end of the release process, when we're satisfied that security-
 critical bugs (at least) have been stomped out, the killjoy prefix is
 stripped out and we start making official release candidates (629,630,...)
 which are all signed.

 So, simple rule: prefix == unsigned.  No prefix == signed.

 Old 'official' releases that were not signed (prior to 623ish) go in:
   http://download.laptop.org/os/historic

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