[Dovecot] Version numbering

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Wed Mar 28 22:48:27 EEST 2007


Timo Sirainen schrieb:
> 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 suggest a), consider however adding a public list that shows the
release dates. The latter is helpful if you start fixing bugs in the
stable release and the unstable at the same time, so that people can
easily check the bug fix date for the common fixes.


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