On 22 June 2015 at 14:55, JohnT wrote: > I am wondering why it appears that GCC has started drastically raising its > major version number for minor changes, instead of spending several years > on version 3 and 4. 4.0.1, 4.1.1 and 4.12, 4.2.3, 4.3.2, 4.4.5, up through > 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, the 4.8 and 4.9 releases, then version 5.1 and > talking about version 6. Little changes should be reflected in minor > version and bugfix numbers, not major version jumps.
Define little.
