On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Eric Pouech wrote: > IMO, what's important behind version numbers isn't the version in > itself, > but rather: > 1] the goal you want to reach > 2] the milestones between where you stand and 1]
Indeed. But you see, for an outsider, these are all "just details". For most people, version numbers provide a sort of progress bar. (It's true, the info provided by a progress bar is mostly useless, but most people will want that instead of no feedback). It is up to Alexandre to figure out this progress bar, on whatever terms. A version number like 0.98.4 does provide a lot more "warm & fuzzy" (and a little bit more information), than a 020402 version which provides _no_ information whatsoever. In fact, just by looking at such version you can't figure: -- if the project made any progress at all -- how much progress was made (if we assume some did occur) -- the psychological gage of the maintainer on how close we are to some meaningful goal. -- Dimi.
