On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoe...@efn.org> wrote: >> Form (a) is recommended for all new version numbers. Form (b) is >> allowed for compatibility with legacy version numbering. > > Bluntly: No. > > Use a triple tuple if you like, but I want my versions to be a number > and only a number. > > I'm baffled that you would think dictating otherwise makes sense.
I'm 99% a "just use numbers" guy in my own practice, so I understand your point of view well. "Recommended" does not mean "mandated". I think it will help to have a clear recommendation so that authors who don't read documentation can just follow a pattern. I don't want to recommend numbers, because authors that start with numbers and then switch to tuples apparently tend to screw it up. Does that help resolve the bafflement? :-) -- David
