At 2:01 PM +0100 on 3/5/00, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
>>Sometime we're going to have to consider a version numbering system. I'm
>>into doing something interesting for Interpreter; perhaps convergence on
>>pi (this would mean that 1 is a newer version than 10, but both are
>>older versions than 3). That would be a cruel system. Numbers below pie
>>could be stable, while numbers above development :) [Ok, I probably
>>won't do that... I'd get flooded with email asking about it. Not like
>>anyone would actually read the FAQ]
>>
>>Another system I like is the linux kernel method.
>
>You mean 2.4.1.12 to read 12th pre-release of 2.4.1?
You have misunderstood the Linux versioning system --
2.4.1.12 is not a Linux version, and never will be.
Current versions are
2.2.14 -- stable
2.3.xx -- development series
x.even => stable
x.odd => development
