Re: [pilot-db-list] DB 0.3.3

[George B. S. <gbj...@ho...>]

I am glad Tom brought this up because I have been thinking
along similar lines for some time.  I think it would be a
better representation of the DB package to advance the number
closer to 1.0.  Or to redefine the goals & requirements for
what 1.0 means.  I think people would think better of it and
more readily accepts it's use if the number were 1.0.  Further
development can be defined to be a post 1.0 release.  Comments?


> From: Tom Dyas <td...@us...>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 23:40:12 -0400
> To: aji...@t-...
> Cc: pil...@li...
> Subject: Re: [pilot-db-list] DB 0.3.3
> 
> 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.")
> 
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