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--- download:sac2c [2019/10/17 14:06] – extend description to better explain basic and full packages... hnv
+++ download:sac2c [2019/10/17 14:36] – extend description again, include version info hnv
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 ===== 1 Compiler: the sac2c ecosystem =====
-Binary releases of the compiler and the standard library are provided in the following sections.
+Binary releases of the compiler and the standard library are provided in the following sections. We provide two release types, major releases and weekly releases.
-We provide two types of distributable packages, stable releases and bleeding-edge releases (which we call //weeklies//). In both types, we provide a **basic** and a **full** package.
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+=== Which release type should I use? ===
+At the moment, we suggest using one of the //weekly// release packages as these include some of the latest features. These packages only differ from our stable release packages in that we do less testing before releasing them.
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+=== Package Variants ===
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+We provide two types of packages variants, **basic** and  **full**.
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 //We use a CI cluster to build these packages using configurations defined in our [[https://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/gitlab/sac-group/build-sac-pkgs|package build repo]].//
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-=== Which package should I use? ===
-At the moment, we suggest using one of the //weekly// packages as these include some of the latest features. These packages only differ from our stable release packages in that we do less testing before releasing them.
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 For normal usage, the **basic** variant is sufficient to try out all of the features of the Single Assignment C language.
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+=== Version Number ===
+We use semantic versioning, but additionally store the commit count (since the last version change) and the release number. Using ''1.3.2-256-1'' as an example, ''1.3.2'' is the version number which has ''256'' new commits on top and has been packages/release only once (''1'').
+//The version number may not match with what is in the filename of the package.//
 ==== Weeklies --- Bleeding-Edge Release ====