From: Chris Gehlker <gehlker@...>
Date: 2002-02-19T23:36:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Version numbers (was Re: Ruby for web development)

On 2/19/02 7:17 AM, "Tobias Reif" <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com> wrote:

> Nat Pryce wrote:
> 
> 
>> Version numbers *are* used to communicate stability.
> 
> 
> I thought so too.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Isn't it also that odd means unstable and even means stable?
> 
> What else is encoded in the int.int.int format?
> 
> Any URL(s) where this all this is specified?
> 

I think there are two dominant systems. The commercial one looks like:

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1132.html#VersionNumberScheme

And the Linux one looks like:

http://lists.parisc-linux.org/pipermail/parisc-linux/2000-January/008150.htm
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Others are a variation on these themes.
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