Re: [pilot-db-list] DB 0.3.3

[Tom D. <td...@us...>]

On Wednesday 17 October 2001 03:24 pm, Hans Ajiet Holtkamp wrote:

> P.S. Can anyone explain the logic behind the
>      version numbering 0.3.1 -> 0.3.2 etc.?
>      I am unfamiliar with it, since I have
>      mainly had experience with the Windows OS
>      up till now.
>      What do the first, second and third digits
>      stand for? Does the "0" signify that this
>      is not a finsihed product?

When I was the maintainer, I numbered the very initial version of DB 0.10, 
0.11, 0.19. Then instead of going to 0.20, I decided to number it 0.2.0 to 
match the GNU style for version numbers which is MAJOR.MINOR.PATCHLEVEL. Then 
versions 0.2.0, 0.2.1, ..., 0.2.5 came out. When I changed the database 
format to make it more extensible, I bumped the second version number to 
0.3.0.

You are right, the initial 0 was for that fact that it was not a finished 
product at the time. However, with all the great new features that Marc has 
added as the maintainer and the contributions of others, DB may deserve a 
1.0.0 version number for its next release. It is up to Marc since he is the 
maintainer. :) (Or maybe a "0.9.0" version number which usually means "It is 
almost 1.0.0.")