[Dev] Version Numbering

[Brett Wooldridge]

Sorry, the list was not configured the way we would want it so all replies
came to me rather than back to the list.  I¹ve fixed this, but here¹s the
votes I have:

Leo +1
Dylan +1  (Ubuntu for the win!!)
Ryan +1
Brett +1
Brian +1


On 5/17/07 1:50 PM, "Brett Wooldridge" <bwooldridge at alterpoint.com> wrote:

> Alright everybody, I thought I had a good handle on how we should ³version²
> ZipTie.  That is until I read the Wikipedia article on software version
> numbering!  :-)
> 
> There are a million schemes out there (ok, a bunch) and I thought I was happy
> with:
> 
> major.minor (1.0, 1.1, 2.0, etc), or
> major.minor.bugfix (1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 2.0)
> 
> The rationale here [http://www.cenon.info/astro/news/update_gb.html] roughly
> made sense.
> 
> Or rather, it all seemed to make sense.  But then I realized how much
> squabbling goes on over version numbers, not only in the commercial software
> realm but even in the open source realm.  What constitutes a ³major² change?
> Is adding a server a major change?  Probably.  What about adding a scheduler?
> Or adding a web interface?  Or reporting?
> 
> And then the clouds parted.  I came across Ubuntu.  Why was one release 6.06,
> the next 6.10, and the latest 7.04?  Other than monotonically increasing (a
> good attribute) they seemed to have little rhyme or reason.  Until I read
> their FAQ:
> 
>> How does the numbering system work?
>> 
>> The version number comes from the year and month of the release, it really is
>> that simple. 
> 
> So 6.06 was released in June of 2006, 6.10 was released in October, and 7.04
> was released in April 2007.  The first release of Ubuntu was 4.10.
> 
> I really like this scheme.  It takes ALL of the potential squabbling out of
> the equation.  It takes out all of the magnitude estimations of what features
> went in.  Our first version would be 7.06, followed roughly by 7.08, 7.11, and
> 8.02.
> 
> This is a call for votes.  Please reply with +1 (agree) or ­1 (disagree).
> 
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