Replace the build-counter version scheme (every alpha push monotonically
bumps the patch number, producing immutable :0.0.X tags that look
indistinguishable from stable releases) with proper semver pre-release
suffixes. Stable owns clean vX.Y.Z; alpha and beta carry
vX.Y.Z-{alpha,beta}[.N] indicating the next-stable target.
The next-stable target is the patch-bump of the latest clean
<prefix>-vX.Y.Z tag. Counter N is per-channel (alpha and beta count
separately) and resets when a new stable advances next-patch. Used
only for zddc-server image tags, where every release is git-tagged;
HTML tools omit the counter since alpha/beta cuts there don't tag.
release-image.sh:
- New CLI: sh release-image.sh [alpha|beta|stable] [<version>].
- Default channel alpha. Version arg only valid (and only optional)
for stable.
- Auto-derives the version via next_prerelease for alpha/beta, and
patch-bump for unspecified stable.
- Now creates the git tag itself (the auto-derived version is no
longer something the operator can predict in advance), but does
not push — operator finishes with `git push --tags`.
shared/build-lib.sh:
- Add next_prerelease(channel, tag_prefix) helper.
- compute_build_label embeds v<next-stable>-{alpha,beta} in the
on-page label for plain and --release alpha|beta builds.
- Plain builds: v<next-stable>-alpha · <ts> · <sha>[-dirty]
--release alpha: v<next-stable>-alpha · <date> · <sha>
--release beta: v<next-stable>-beta · <date> · <sha>
--release [<version>]: v<X.Y.Z> (clean stable, unchanged shape).
Pre-release semver ordering (vX.Y.Z-alpha.1 < vX.Y.Z-alpha.2 <
vX.Y.Z-beta.1 < vX.Y.Z) is honored by registry tag sorting,
git tag --sort=-v:refname, sort -V, npm, cargo — so consumers can
pin or compare versions without surprises.
Existing zddc-server-v0.0.{3..7} git tags and registry tags are
audit history; not rewritten. Going forward, alpha/beta cuts produce
v0.0.8-{alpha,beta}.N format, and clean v0.0.8 is reserved for a
deliberate stable promotion.
freshen-channel needs no code change. It runs --release <channel>
inside a worktree at the latest stable tag, where the build-lib.sh
at that tag is still the old version producing old-format labels;
the first stable cut after this commit will propagate the new format
to subsequent freshens (per the existing "build pipeline at the tag"
reproducibility policy).
AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md updated.
- release-image.sh now defaults to alpha (was stable). Active dev no
longer silently advances :stable; that tag only moves on a deliberate
`sh release-image.sh <ver> stable`. Same cascade logic, reordered
default. Updated AGENTS.md and zddc/README.md sections accordingly.
- zddc/Containerfile: dropped the "see .woodpecker.yml" comment since
that file no longer exists; pointed the docs to release-image.sh.
- build.sh: dropped the "CI builds the runtime container directly"
parenthetical; the cross-compiled host-binaries build is the only
thing that step actually produces.
Why alpha as the default: caught it during active development —
:stable kept advancing every release because the script defaulted
there. Solo workflow + alpha default = `:stable` is a deliberate
gesture, not a side-effect.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Removes .woodpecker.yml and replaces the tag-triggered image publish flow
with a local-build-and-push script (release-image.sh).
Why: the CI added two indirections (Woodpecker dashboard, Codeberg secrets
config) that aren't worth the cost for a single-developer release flow.
When the previous release didn't show up in the package registry, "did
the release happen?" required checking three places (the git tag, the
CI dashboard, the registry); with local builds, success or failure is
visible in the developer's terminal immediately.
The cascade behavior is preserved: `sh release-image.sh 0.0.3` publishes
:0.0.3 :stable :beta :alpha just like the .woodpecker.yml job did. Beta
and alpha channels work identically (`sh release-image.sh 0.0.3-beta.1
beta` → :0.0.3-beta.1 :beta :alpha).
The git-tag convention stays (`zddc-server-vX.Y.Z`); now you tag *and*
run the script as two coordinated steps. AGENTS.md "Release tagging" and
zddc/README.md "Release Tagging" / "Container image" updated to reflect
the new flow. No code change in the binary.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
