On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:42:09 -0300, MCBastos wrote:

> Note that this is NOT a strictly decimal system -- that is, any of those
> numbers can exceed one digit. Seamonkey 1.x, in fact, had as 1.1.19 as
> its last version -- under your logic, you would expect 1.1.10 to be
> called "1.2".

I blame Microsoft for this false expectation.

> Also, there's no reason why the maintenance would have to reach the "9"
> value before the minor version could be incremented. It might be that
> Seamonkey goes from 2.0.7 to 2.1.0, for instance.

Think of this as a variation of the Dewey (or Universal) Decimal systems
used by librarians. If you've ever tried to find a reference book in a
puiblic lending library you would be familiar with this system.

Phil

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