[Dovecot] Version numbering

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting John Robinson <john.robinson at anonymous.org.uk>:

> On 28/03/2007 19:39, Eric Rostetter wrote:
>> People running Fedora Core run 0.99, and they do not know it isn't   
>> production
>> (since it comes with FC, which they don't know isn't production).
>
> They ought to; FC in its entirety is devel for RHEL, and this is
> prominently pointed out all over the F web sites.

Yes, exactly.  But they still don't know, or just don't get it.
And I'm talking large scale here, not a few people.

> In a sense, it is; it's certainly not Dovecot's. If <distro> chooses to
> include version <a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k>, consumers of <distro> ought to
> take up any problems with <distro> before they come here.

Yeah, but how likely is that (especially if they use a RHEL clone instead
of the real RHEL)?

> Once dovecot's reached 1.0, a sane version numbering system will help
> put all this to rest.

Problem is, sanity is subjective...

> Cheers,
>
> John.

-- 
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

Go Longhorns!