Five years ago, I started working on the problem of combinatorial explosion of versions described in my earlier blog post. Today I would like to summarize the journey of these five years and where we are headed next in this research. I Scope of Versioning Problem Five years ago, I was very invested in the… Continue reading Combinatorial Explosion of Versions 5 Years Later
Tag: Versioning
SBOM – Not So Static After All
For a long time I was preaching the idea that an SBOM can and should essentially be split into 2 parts. The first part is static – that is the actual list of all software components with their fixed metadata (version, purl, hashes, etc). The second part is dynamic – that is things related to… Continue reading SBOM – Not So Static After All
3 Dimensions of Versioning Problem
The versioning problem was significant part of my work for the last 6 years. During that time we wrote a versioning library used for automatic bump of versioning of various schemas. On several occasions I was doing talks and materials on versioning, including my blog post on combinatorial explosion and another one on minor component… Continue reading 3 Dimensions of Versioning Problem
Versioning Feature and Release Branches
For some time I was thinking how to solve a use case where we track both feature and release branches in Reliza Hub. The problem encountered is related to versioning. Here is the problem in a nutshell: if all branches share same versioning schema, then releases overlap and by simply looking at versions we don’t… Continue reading Versioning Feature and Release Branches
3 Problems With GitOps
Even though this article is about issues experienced with GitOps, I must start by saying that GitOps is certainly a big improvement relative to CIOps. If you’re not very familiar with GitOps, a lot of key details can be found in this post by Dmitri Lerko. Let’s now jump strait into issues: 1. Default GitOps… Continue reading 3 Problems With GitOps
Automatic Version Increments With Reliza Hub: 2 Strategies
This article describes how to set up automated version increments for use in CI build pipelines. I will go over 2 possible strategies: for simple CalVer workflow I would be using open-source Reliza Versioning tool. For fully synchronized workflow I would be using Reliza Hub SaaS. Update 2025-05-29: You can now use Open Source Implementation… Continue reading Automatic Version Increments With Reliza Hub: 2 Strategies
Reliza Versioning is now available on GitHub and Maven Central
Reliza Versioning is now available on GitHub here under MIT License. It also can be found as Java dependency on Maven Central here. It is a small tool and library that allows to auto-increment versions (mainly for the scripts) using either CalVer or SemVer or custom version pattern. Soon, we’re hoping to release a Jenkins… Continue reading Reliza Versioning is now available on GitHub and Maven Central