Versioning of GNUstep libraries

[Ivan Vučica]

I've noticed that every GNUstep submodule has its own versioning system. It's 
quite difficult to know which libraries come from which era; for example, I'm 
not sure if MacPorts people have kept various versions "in sync" (after 
updating version of gnustep-base, did they also update version of gnustep-gui?) 
and comparing release dates of various versions is... well, not good.

What do you guys think about getting "core system" in sync with regards to 
versioning? For example, since gnustep-base unstable is currently 1.21.1, and 
presumably the next stable release 1.22.0, it may be a good idea to release 
everything as 1.22.0. Internally, it doesn't matter what the versions are 
labelled as, but currently, this poses a practical problem of knowing which 
library comes from which era.

Perhaps it might be even BETTER idea to adopt Ubuntu-style versioning (which 
Code::Blocks is also using successfully): labeling release by year and date. 
For example, gnustep-base 11.06 or whatever the date might be sounds like a 
good, practical thing to me, while 0.18.0 and 1.20.1 mean nothing to me.

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