> I only have one question: how well does that release numbering model match > the other OSS projects using the same numbering system? We don't want to set > our own method and meaning when there is already a common way to get > confused with.
No standard that I know of - timestamps are quite common for prerelease, and some projects also use them for post-release. The closest thing, having been adopted by some other projets, has been Linux's (now abandoned) "odd minor releases are devel, even minor releases are stable". -- /kinkie
