Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes: > I agree with the comments that the appellation for "simply the next > version after 3.9" should be 3.10 and not 4.0. Everybody I know > considers SW versions numbers to be dot-separated tuples, not floating > point numbers.
This consensus is sometimes termed “semantic versioning”, that is, giving semantic meaning to the structural elements of a version string <URL:http://semver.org/>. I'm glad someone has taken the time to codify that sensible and useful de-facto standard for version strings. > I don't think one (or several) blog posts is going to change the > perceptions and expectations that have been coditioned into us by > decades of experience with x.0 versions of countless software > packages. If it's just another in a a series of incremental "bug fix > and minor enhancements without breaking backwards incompatibility" > releases, you simply do not call it vers x.0. Agreed. The convention is well established and rogues deviate from it at the peril of unnecessary confusion. -- \ “Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.” —packaging for | `\ clockwork toy, Hong Kong | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
