On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 03:46:40AM +0300, 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.
I'm not claiming to be real familiar with the various numbering methods, but I'd opt for a simple approach that doesn't require "inside" knowledge. As such, I do NOT like option b. I'd prefer that stable releases be kept separate from unstable ones, and that the stable ones be numbered:
X.Y.Zwhere: X is the major version (changes only for major feature updates), Y is the minor version (changes for minor feature updates), and Z is more or less a patch level.
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