On 1 Oct 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Martin" == Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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). -- "361fff15d5f51eb3fe4b8c1217acf459" (a truly random sig)