Re: [AD] 4.2.1 is up, and a version number proposal

[Andrei Ellman <ae-a-alleg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Victor wrote:
> > Ron Novy wrote:
> > > Why not just add the release date to the end?  I
> > > believe all version numbers would look better in UTC
> > > format any way. And having a date in them is more
> > > usefull when archiving.
> > > 4.2.1.2006-11-26, 4.2-06.11.26 or some variant ;)
> > Looks much like an unstable SVN snapshot, rather then a stable
> > release.
> Could be 4.2.1.7599, where the last number is the SVN version. So there
> should be no ambiguity between two different releases nor to SVN
> snapshots or whatever.


What about using letters instead of numbers at the end (eg. 4.2.1a)? The 
new version component could be used for platform specific issues as well 
as minor issues. Also, would it be a good idea to have different version 
letters for the different platforms if the update is only for one 
platform? For example, if a Windows-specific bug is fixed in 4.2.1c, the 
Windows version would be 4.2.1d, whereas all other versions will remain 
4.2.1c, and the next time a non-platform-specific bug is fixed, the 
version letter for all platforms would be bumped to the letter after the 
highest version-letter in the set of supported platforms (in this case, 
4.2.1e) ).


AE.