[Dovecot] Version numbering

[James Turnbull]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:46:40 +0300, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
> After v1.0 is released, I can finally get back to sane version numbers.
> But any comments on which one is better:
> 
> a) Postfix-style: "1.1.UNSTABLE.YYYYMMDD" -> 1.1.0 (stable)
> 
> b) Odd-even numbering: 1.1.x (unstable) -> 1.2.0 (stable)

Whilst I understand objections to type a) version numbering I think the confusion that would be generated by type b) version numbering outweighs the issue of alpha version numeric (or a combination thereof) versioning.  My vote is for type a) versioning.

Regards

James Turnbull