2008/12/2 Colin D Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin@gibibit.com">colin@gibibit.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
...<div class="Ih2E3d">> Now, at the end of the year and having just gone in to a<br>
>double-digit<br>
> minor version (which causes some little confusion about 1.10 vs 1.2),<br>
> could be a good time to change.<br>
<br>
</div>I certainly don't find 1.10 vs 1.2 confusing:<br>
"one point ten" versus "one point two"<br>
seems straightforward.<br></blockquote></div><br>it does confuse some people I know. <br>Another alternative is to make a point of zeropadding the first 9 releases. eg:<br>1.01 .. 1.09 .. 1.10<br>too late now for the 1.xx series :(<br>
<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">We just need to pick a path and stick to it, however, since it is<br>
*really* confusing for users when programs skip version numbers. For<br>
instance, some of the most obnoxious changes I have seen:</blockquote><div>... <br></div><div> </div>I agree, please don't do a big version jump to eg. 9.1 in January.<br><br>