Sounds reasonable...
Am 08.10.2014 12:43 schrieb "Fabian Hueske" <[email protected]>:

> +1
>
> 2014-10-08 12:38 GMT+02:00 Robert Metzger <[email protected]>:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I noticed that we are doing the versioning of release a bit differently
> > than most other projects.
> > What we do differently is the numbering of major releases.
> > Let me explain ...
> > ... our initial release are numbered like this:
> > 0.5
> > 0.6
> > 0.7
> >
> > Our bugfix releases are:
> > 0.5.1
> > 0.6.1
> > 0.6.2 ..etc.
> >
> > I suggest to call the initial major releases
> > 0.7.0
> > 0.8.0 and so on.
> >
> >
> > What is the advantage of this?
> > --> The names of our branches.
> > I would suggest to have a branch for each major-release-tree that is
> called
> > "release-0.x"
> > From this branch, we create the initial release and all subsequent bugfix
> > releases.
> >
> > It will be easier for users to understand how we name our branches if we
> > follow this approach, because all 3-digit branches are released versions,
> > 2-digit branches are work in progress
> >
> >
> > I hope my little ascii-art-picture arrives properly at your side ;)
> >
> > --------master------------------------------------------ <--- bugfixes
> and
> > features here.
> >              \                        \
> >               \                      release-0.7------  <--- 0.7 bugfixes
> > go here
> >                \                             \
> >                 \                           release-0.7.1
> >                  --- release-0.6-----------------------  <--0.6 bugfixes
> go
> > here
> >                            \                       \
> >                            release-0.6.0    release-0.6.1 <--immutable
> > release tags.
> >
> >
> > If we all agree on this, I'll document it on the website.
> >
>

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