Version numbering post 1.0

[Erik Bågfors]

On 8/29/07, Vincent Ladeuil <v.ladeuil+lp at free.fr> wrote:
> >>>>> "Ian" == Ian Clatworthy <ian.clatworthy at internode.on.net> writes:
>
> <snip/>
>
>     Ian> In the spirit of giving everyone a suggestion to enjoy shooting down,
>     Ian> :-) here's a suggestion for post 1.0:
>
> In the spirit of the more ideas thrown the better the right solution emerges:
>
>     Ian> 1. We use a 3 level scheme x.y.z
>
> Yes.
>
> x = year
> y = month
> z = day
>
>  :-)
>
> Joke aside, I think there is some value in using the year as
> major version number (especially since we are past the y2k
> problems :), it gives clear indications about the "freshness" of
> the version used and its stability.
>
> 'y' can be kept for our "roughly monthly" release and 'z' used
> for releases candidates or bugfixes releases (as we do now).
>
> So my proposal is really to start at 7.0 when we feel ready for
> 1.0.
>
> From there some 8.n releases can be recommended more than others.
>
> Half serious,

It works for ubuntu, so why not :)
We can also use cool names like ubuntu does...

/Erik - also half serious :)