Re: Odd version numbering system
David,
> The r5 at the end of the version is the Linux port specific version:
> 0.94 beta 18 is the most current Windows version. The problem that I
> am running into is mostly related to the beta versioning; how should I
> number the versions so that once 0.94 is released, the version-tracking
> system will interpret it as more recent than 0.94 beta 18 r5? I really
> don't want to use a new epoch for every single new version.
There are two possible approaches:
0.94beta18r5 -> 0.94final
0.93-0.94beta18r5 -> 0.94
The first one looks nicer, the second one can also handle ...pre
versions (consider 0.94beta18r5 -> 0.94pre1 -> 0.94final -- that won't
work).
Simon
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