Re: [Gnu-arch-users] What are version numbers?

[Andrew Suffield]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:48:55PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote:
> I think I have a workable understanding of archives, categories, and
> branches, but version numbers are still confusing me. Maybe someone can
> explain.
> 
<snip>

This varies per project.

Sometimes, as is the case of tla itself, the version component is
meaningful. Sometimes it is "vaguely meaningful", in that it's
associated with the line of development that will release the given
version. I have several projects where it's wasted space, and doesn't
mean a damn thing - I generally leave it as 0.1 or 1.0 or
something.

Personally, I'd rather the version component was not present at all,
and those who wanted one could encode it into the branch name.

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