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When I'm writing a fix to some bugs, I often increment the version and send it to the bug finder to see if my fix works. If I have 1.2.5 and I want to create a beta that will become redundant once I commit my code, should I use 1.2.5-beta or 1.2.6-beta? My concern is that 1.2.6 < 1.2.6-beta so that the string comparison may favour the beta and the bug finder would not get a notification of the stable version being released.

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If the string is compared absolutely without taking into account the release type, you could use 1.2.5-fix and then 1.2.6. The problem is also outlined at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Pre-release_versions

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You should not be releasing beta versions of plugins you expect to follow up with a non-beta release. Beta is for testing, release it on your website or something, but only do stable releases to the repo unless you plan on keeping the plugin in beta.

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Yes, when sending the file to the bug finder for testing, I don't commit it to the repo, rather I email them. The issue of updating to 1.2.6 from 1.2.6-beta only arises for the bug finder. – Aram Kocharyan Jan 30 '12 at 2:48

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