Re: Version Numbering

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Version Numbering
Date: 2010-08-20 19:04:50
Message-ID: 1C3A0BEE-6B51-402B-93D3-85E0A658E6CF@kineticode.com
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On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Greg Stark wrote:

>> Again, it means the format would be consistent. Always three integers. Nice thing about Semantic Versions is that if you append any ASCII string to the third integer, it automatically means "less than that integer".
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> So I count three integers in both 9.0rc1 and 9.0beta4

No, I mean 9.0.0beta4. If we were to adopt the Semantic Versioning spec, one would *always* use X.Y.Z, with optional ASCII characters appended to Z to add meaning (including "less than unadorned Z).

Best,

David

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