Versioning Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Feature Development: Enable versioning for internal tools, APIs, or customer-facing applications to align with Semantic Versioning 2.0.0, improving transparency in releases (e.g., changelogs, API docs, or frontend banners).
• Roadmap Alignment: Justify adoption of structured versioning for compliance (e.g., regulatory requirements) or as a prerequisite for automated deployment pipelines (e.g., CI/CD triggers based on version tags).
• Build vs. Buy: Avoid reinventing versioning logic (e.g., manual VERSION files or custom scripts) when this package offers Symfony-native integration with minimal overhead.
• Use Cases:
  • Display version in admin dashboards or frontend footers (e.g., "App v1.2.3").
  • Power feature flags or A/B testing by tying logic to version ranges.
  • Enable automated rollback in deployments by tracking version history via Git tags.
  • Support multi-tenant SaaS by embedding version in API responses for debugging.

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt if:
  • Your team uses Symfony 2/3 and needs Semantic Versioning without heavy customization.
  • You prioritize Git-based workflows (e.g., tags for releases) and want to auto-sync versions.
  • Versioning is a cross-cutting concern (e.g., needed in frontend, backend, and CLI tools).
  • You lack time/resources to build a versioning system from scratch (e.g., parsing Git tags manually).
• Look elsewhere if:
  • You’re using Symfony 4+ (this bundle targets older versions; consider alternatives like symfony/flex recipes or symfony/version).
  • Your versioning needs are non-standard (e.g., non-SemVer, dynamic versioning per environment).
  • You require advanced features like version-dependent configuration or schema migrations (this is lightweight).
  • Your team prefers composer scripts or custom PHP classes over Symfony bundles.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives: "This package lets us automate version tracking in our Symfony apps with zero manual effort. By syncing versions to Git tags, we’ll reduce deployment errors, improve transparency for customers (e.g., version numbers in the UI), and align with industry standards—all while cutting dev time. The MIT license and minimal maintenance overhead make it a no-brainer for scaling our releases."

For Engineering: *"The versioning-bundle gives us three key benefits:

1. Git tag integration: Version bumps via git tag (e.g., v1.2.3) auto-update Symfony’s parameters.yml—no more forgotten version files.
2. Semantic Versioning: Uses the php-version library to validate versions (e.g., rejects 1.2 in favor of 1.2.0).
3. Extensible: Need Mercurial or SVN support? Swap in a custom handler. The bundle’s design separates version logic from Symfony’s core. Tradeoff: It’s Symfony 2/3-only, but if we’re stuck on those versions, this saves ~4 hours of dev work. For Symfony 4+, we’d evaluate alternatives."*