> FYI, Some people take version numbers to be x.y where y is *not* a true 
> decimal number.  SCCS takes just such an approach.  So does SunOS 
> itself.  Back when we had 5.1 we called it 5.1, not 5.01.
> 
> So 1.10 != 1.1.  (one dot ten versus one dot one.)
> 
> And 1.2 is *not* newer than 1.10. 
> 
> I actually think this is better than trying to use 1.01.  Else you wind 
> up with the same situation after 99 revisions.  (What do you call it, 
> 1.100 ?  Or does it force 2.0?)
> 
>     -- Garrett

Here's a suggestion for avoiding the confusion between a
sequence of integers and a floating point style number:
Just drop the initial "1." part, and use an integer as
the version number.  If we did that, I guess the next
one for bge would be "73".  Do you like that better?

Gordon


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