Re: Version numbering for release DECISION!

["Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@xxxxxxx>]

yOn Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Matthew Dillon wrote:

>    I've decided on a version numbering scheme.  Sorry, dates are out.
>    As much as dates are interesting, they create problems when dealing
>    with multiple branches.  More importantly, they do not impart the
>    same sense of progress that real version numbers impart and, even
>    more importantly, all kernels are moving targets and tagged with
>    their build dates anyway so having a release date AND a build date
>    is simply too confusing.
>
>    EVEN numbers denote releases.  e.g. 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6
>    ODD numbers denote work-in-progress.  e.g. 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7

Isn't that how Linux does it? *cringe*


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