From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2006-08-22T02:55:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby 1.9, Ruby 2.0, Yarv and so on

On Aug 21, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> Doesn't Ruby version numbering follow the same general scheme as the
> Linux kernel?
>
> Version Major.Minor[.sub-version]
>
> Versions with even minor numbers are considered the stable  
> "production" branch.
> Versions with odd minor numbers are considered experimental where
> features which might produce incompatibilities and breakage are added,
> tried out, and perhaps removed before becoming part of the
> specification if not the implementation of the next stable branch.
>
> Or do I have it wrong?

In general yes, although it seems Matz is considering a production  
1.9 release.

James Edward Gray II