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EscapeCharacter
04-02-2002, 05:56 AM
whats the normal versioning system?
1.0 would be for a major release(stable release)

1.1 would have some added features/functions

1.1.1 would have bug fixes?

what does each number represent?

sans-hubris
04-02-2002, 10:23 AM
It's rather arbitrary, but yeah, that's basically it. Linus, for the Linux kernel, uses the second number (the minor version) as an indication of a stable or a unstable release. Odd minor numbers are unstable, bleeding edge, while even minor numbers are stable. Not everyone uses that scheme, but it's not a bad idea.

kmj
04-02-2002, 01:12 PM
I think it really depends on how you want to do it. Yours sounds pretty common; I think that's how we did it at Ormec.