[Dovecot] master/config/log/login rewrite

[Logan Shaw]

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006, Brian T Glenn wrote:
> Personally, I would really like to be able to bind dovecot to a single
> IP address, so I would be in favor of the change. I understand many
> people really want 1.0 to come out, but it is just a number.

It is just a number, but it should be a meaningful one.
If a software package's version numbers are not going to be
meaningful, it would be better to just use some number like a
timestamp or serial number.  If you use terms like "beta" and
"release candidate" and version numbers like 1.0beta01 and 1.0,
they should mean what people expect them to.

Just to throw my own opinion in here, if feature changes are
being made, the clearest thing would be for the version numbers
to go back to beta.  That could mean going back to beta status
on 1.0 (1.0beta20 or something), or it could mean going to beta
status on 1.1 and just skipping the 1.0 release altogether.
It wouldn't be a crime to go from 1.0rc10 to 1.1beta01 and
for 1.0 to never exist.  (It would delay the first release
that is declared to be stable, though.)

   - Logan