[Dovecot] Version numbering

[John Robinson]

On 28/03/2007 01:46, Timo Sirainen 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)
> 
> With a) style the releases could be done by simply copying a nightly
> snapshot to releases/ directory and announcing the changes since the
> last release. I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

b) because it's more straightforward for package management systems, and 
most people use pre-packaged distributions.

Anyone who's building from source themselves ought to understand either 
method and/or read the INSTALL file which tells them about versioning. 
(Well, it doesn't now, but it would, right?)

Cheers,

John.