In the discussion about what version to assign to the next release:
It has been my understanding that the version number code x.y is defined as:
x is the major number, which indicates a change in interface or function or
some other large-scale impact, possibly with implications to backward compatibility.
y is the minor number, which indicates an incremental improvement.
By this notion, as long as FreeDOS is undergoing incremental improvements, it
would stay 1.y, however large y might get.
And therefore a 2.0 would reflect a large change to the way FreeDOS works.
Perhaps the start of a movement away from the "same as MSDOS 6.22" objective.
Or perhaps a major change in the structure, such as a rewritten kernel, that
doesn't affect compatibility at all.
Not that I can say MSDOS itself held to this principle. I was never aware of
using versions of MSDOS with different major numbers, nor of the Borland
compilers I always used having to issue an upgrade to accommodate a new DOS
version, but I wasn't really paying attention, either.
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