Re: [Mantisbt-dev] Next version of Mantis

[Craig B. <cbr...@zi...>]

On Thursday 03 February 2005 17:02, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
> > Isn't the page you refered to specific to interface "version"
> > numbers and not package "release" numbers?  The first sentence
> > indicates they are not the same.  The topic here is for a package
> > number, not an interface number to be used in automated processes
> > like dynamic library linking so the rules are not as "VERY specific"
> > as you seem to think.
>
> 	The point I was trying to make here, is that bumping to a
> major version number for example, would indicate a schema or structure
> change, meaning that it is not backwards-compatible with the older
> releases.
>
> 	Incrementing a minor number generally means new features have
> been added, but that it remains compatible with previous versions.
>
> 	Incrementing the micro number generally means fixes to
> existing features have been added.
>
> 	Is this any clearer, at the 40k foot view?

That is the accepted methodology, yes, but since 0.18 and 0.19 are not 
compatible already due to database changes, I think the story is already a 
little wrong for Mantis anyway. 

Craig