From: Nat Pryce <nat.pryce@...13media.com>
Date: 2002-02-19T22:52:57+09:00
Subject: Version numbers (was Re: Ruby for web development)

From: "Thomas Hurst" <tom.hurst@clara.net>
> * Billy (beripome@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > Easy database interface.
> > -DBI for PERL ring any bells? Ruby has one i think but at about vers
> > 0.00001??
>
> Tracking functionality and stability are more important than mere
> version numbers :)

Version numbers *are* used to communicate stability.  A major version of 0
indicates that the package is not stable and the public API may go through
incompatible changes between versions on the way to v 1.0.

The current version of DBI in the RAA is 0.0.12.  If the DBI API is stable,
the version number should reflect this.

Cheers,
            Nat.

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