Eugene Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Thu, 09 Mar 2000:
> Besides, when releasing software that is still in beta testing, how do
> you count versions according to the Linux kernel way? For example, the
> previous Mutt beta was 1.1.7. Since the current release is still beta,
> shouldn't it be numbered as 1.1.9 ?
No, the *second* digit being even/odd indicates stable/beta releases.
(Or "developement" releases instead of "beta", but it's the same thing.)
So 1.1.x are all betas, with the last digit (x) indicating beta count.
1.0.x (and 1.2.x) will all be stable releases. This is how both the
Linux kernel and Mutt do it. It's a bit weird at first but you get used
to it, and it does avoid problems when you get things like 1.2beta124
when you have the 124th beta release of 1.2... Also, this way, the
stable release will have a numerically higher number than the
developement branch that led to it.
Mikko
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