On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Greg Von Kuster <greg@bx.psu.edu> wrote:
On Sep 20, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Peter Cock wrote:
OK. What would happen if I did the rename and increased the version number in one step (which seems the most common situation)?
Assuming you want to increase the version number of the tool, this is fine. However, the version number should be changed only if the tool's behavior has changed such that different results are produced (from the previous version) if the same analysis is executed. Just changing the name of the tool config should not result in a new version of the tool.
This is important because changing the version of the tool will result in a new installable changeset revision being set, which means that if someone installed the previous installable changeset revision (that included the old version of the tool), they will need to install the new revision rather than bein able to just get updates to the one previously installed. This behavior ensures that each version of a tool can be installed, ensuring reproducibility over time.
I think I followed that - thanks for the clarification. Peter