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[08:58:07] <martinus__> Hi there. I was looking at https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/releases/ , what's the difference between releases and pre-release's ?

[08:59:26] <martinus__> pombreda: Hi , maybe you know the answer ?

[09:10:30] <pombreda> martinus__, hey :) the pre-releases are made before a final release and are not 100% up to snuff yet

[09:10:56] <martinus__> pombreda: so thoses are release candidates ?

[09:11:01] <pombreda> yes

[09:11:18] <martinus__> ok, I wasn't sure the meaning was the same

[09:11:28] <pombreda> martinus__, in most cases pretty stable and much better than the previous releases

[09:12:22] <martinus__> pombreda: I have a program that parse the json output of scancode : can I ask if new major release would break anything ?

[09:13:18] <pombreda> martinus__, we are trying hard to keep it the same. The v3.x format is there for the long run... though I cannot say if it would change in 4.x

[09:13:30] <pombreda> martinus__: what specific parts do you care for?

[09:13:31] <martinus__> from 2.X to 3.X

[09:13:57] <pombreda> martinus__, 2.x and 3.x have many changes. Use a 3.x ... not a 2.x

[09:14:13] <pombreda> 2.x is really an old dog

[09:14:32] <pombreda> and even though we did not call 3.0.x as a final, this is much better in every respect

[09:16:13] <martinus__> pombreda: this is why I'm asking, as we run 2.9.2 and plan to move to 3.0.X. But anyway I'll just run my tool and check if everything runs as before.

[09:17:18] <martinus__> thanks

[09:17:25] <pombreda> martinus__, the changes between 2.9.2 and 3.x are minor. Let me past a link where you can see them (we are missing documentation on the format but that will come hopefully with the Google Season of Docs program ;))

[09:22:55] <pombreda> well I have no idea how you show the diff of two versions of a file in Github :P

[09:23:13] <pombreda> let me try a gits

[09:26:56] <pombreda> *gist

[09:27:04] <pombreda> martinus__, https://gist.github.com/pombredanne/1d3b6337181acbce157a3c3e6545ac02/revisions

[09:27:07] <pombreda> that's a lot

[09:27:19] <pombreda> you really want to use the latest 3.0.2

[09:28:02] <pombreda> note that clearlydefined also bunped from using 2.9.2 to 3.0.2 and that was not crazy work

[09:28:17] <pombreda> the main changes are in copyrights and in packages AFAICR

[09:28:22] <pombreda> *bumped

[09:31:38] <pombreda> martinus__, BTW, do not hesitate to enter tickets if there is anything that could be improved :)