Version number on trunk

[Lillian Angel]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> I've bumped the branch to 1.6, and now want to bump the trunk.  I think
> the version on the trunk should be something like "1.7pre", since it's
> after 1.6 branched but before 1.7 branched.
>   

I agree with this.

Question: When 1.7 is branched, is the repo tagged with 1.7 or 1.8pre? 
Or is it tagged with 1.7 right before the new 1.7 branch is created?

> gcc trunk immediately becomes 4.5.0 (experimental) once the 4.4 branch
> has been made.  I think this is a sensible thing to imitate.
>   


Cheers,
Lillian