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Subject: Re: versioning
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
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On 05/17/2017 03:47 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> 
>  Hi,
> 
>  Sami has good point on IRC... do we really want to continue with the
>  current versioning schema? Now we use:
> 
>     v2.xx[.y]
> 
>  I don't expect v3 or v4, so the prefix v2 does not provide any
>  information... and the 'xx' ('30' now) is already large number. 
> 
>  Suggestions:
> 
>  1) do nothing; nobody cares and v2.31 looks good

I'd vote for number one.

> 
>  2) remove '2' from the version:
> 
>         major release:  v31
>         update release: v31.1
> 
> 
>  3) <your suggestion>?
>  
> 
>  Note that for v2.30 is to late to do any change in version numbers
>  (we need changes in our libraries and I have to update some my scripts).
> 
>     Karel
>