Version number on trunk

[Andrew Haley]

Lillian Angel wrote:
> 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?

The trunk should be version 1.8pre immediately after 1.7 branches.

Andrew.