Re: version numbering vor beta releases
On 1 Oct 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
> >>"Martin" == Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de> writes:
>
> Martin> I want to make a programm version 2.0, but I want to release some
> Martin> betas before this. What version scheme should I use for the betas, so
> Martin> that dpkg recognises the 2.0 release to be newer than the betas?
>
> There are no good methods. I like what Emacsen and Linux
> kernels use (or used tro use, until 2.1 stuff): 1.999.01; 1.999.02,
> etc.
>
> You may reserve the Z.999.XX for betas for all time ;-)
Well, I would say that among the methods people call "bad",
this one is the one I like most (in fact, I don't think it is so bad,
after all).
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