Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There seems to be a bit of confusion. For one: we already have a third > digit (when appropriate); cf 1.10.2. > > Second, as with many other software projects, especially GNU ones, > the version numbers are _not_ decimal numbers. 1.11 does not follow > 1.1, it follows the most recently released version, 1.10.2, and is > pronounced "one dot eleven", not "one dot one one". While this is > kind of hell for directory list sorting (1.11 comes before 1.2), it > is nevertheless the way many GNU projects have been numbered (cf > automake, for example, where 1.10 followed 1.9).
Let me just second that. In fact, I am quite surprised that there was any question about that at all! I would have been positive that everyone understood the numbering scheme. > The third digit, I believe, is reserved for patch-level changes; i.e., > ones that don't introduce new features (that is, are bug fixes), and are > fairly small. Exactly. Third digit is for patch level (or
