On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith <st...@sohara.org> wrote: > Whatever happened to the old principle for three part numbers > > <abi level>.<feature level>.<fix level> > > Bug fix releases bump the fix level, new features bump the feature > level and zero the fix level, big changes that break backwards > compatibility bump the abi level.
Release numbers seem to go completely with feature releases these days. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up to the viewer. I only recall 1 ABI change... have we had more?