From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: git version numbers Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:25:44 -0400 Message-ID: <20110530142544.GB31490@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20110528201321.GA26017@Imperial-SD-Longsword> <20110530033428.GB27691@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20110530060653.GB3723@Imperial-SD-Longsword> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Git Mailing List To: Tim Mazid X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon May 30 16:25:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QR3Pj-0000YI-P3 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 30 May 2011 16:25:52 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756034Ab1E3OZq (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2011 10:25:46 -0400 Received: from 99-108-226-0.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net ([99.108.226.0]:49852 "EHLO peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752986Ab1E3OZq (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2011 10:25:46 -0400 Received: (qmail 15186 invoked by uid 107); 30 May 2011 14:25:49 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) (smtp-auth username relayok, mechanism cram-md5) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with ESMTPA; Mon, 30 May 2011 10:25:49 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 30 May 2011 10:25:44 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110530060653.GB3723@Imperial-SD-Longsword> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 04:06:55PM +1000, Tim Mazid wrote: > While we're on the topic, though, when I was scouring the web for > information, I found a post [1] which spoke against the traditional > numbering versioning system. Personally, I disagree and find the > "dating" version cumbersome and uninformative. So, I was wondering what > your [2] take on this is. I agree with you. I am sympathetic to the position that giant version numbers can be confusing to end users, but I hope it is clear from my previous email that each of those numbers has a meaning, and that developers, system administrators, and clueful users can see from the version number what they should expect to change. A simpler versioning scheme loses that information. -Peff