Version numbering post 1.0

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 22:03 -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 12:41:45PM +1000 I heard the voice of
> Robert Collins, and lo! it spake thus:
> > 
> > So I think:
> > X.Y.Z where:
> >  X is 0 for now, and 1 soon.
> >  Y indicates how close to the next X we think we are, from 0-99.
> >  Z indicates a bugfix only change for a given X.Y
> 
> FWIW, I hate that middle.  Deeply.  Discontinuities in digit N (aside
> from those caused by (N-1)++ of course) feel like pure Play-Doh.
> Leaving aside the futility of trying to predict the future in "how
> close to next X", it always sounds like a desperate plea for
> attention, rather than a demarcation of advancement.

Well its both really isn't it? Its a statement that the low number of
the previous release isn't reflective of the progress made; and
unfortunately some people do read 0.14 as being '14/100 towards 1.0' -
it doesn't matter that other people go by changelog, project plans etc -
they won't be affected by a change to 0.90 - but the folk that react
emotively will be.

-Rob
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