From: Ryan Rubley (rubleyr@csis.gvsu.edu)
Date: Sun 03 Jun 2001 - 22:01:04 IDT
HOW ABOUT..... x.x.odd = pre-release x.x.even = stable release thus.. 1.4.3 = pre-release 1.4.4 = stable :) On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, android wrote: > > >Any confussion in revision numbers is not going to help the SVGALIB cause. > >Most people that dabble into svgalib will not be members of this mailing > >list so they wont see the pre-release explanation. If they see 1.4.3 on > >their distribution (debian, redhat etc.) they will assume it is the same as > >the 1.4.3 on the svgalib web site. Maybe 1.4.3 should now become 1.4.4 and > >any further pre-releases upto 1.4.5 should be 1.4.4.x. > > > >Regards > >Sergio > > Here's an idea: When a new version is available, use a new digit in the > last place, > like 1.4.x. Then when a newer version replaces the former because of a bug, > rename the previous version to 1.4.x.bug and call the new one 1.4.(x+1). > So if we had 1.4.3, then that would become 1.4.3.bug and the new one would > be 1.4.4. If new options and drivers are added, then you could increment the > second place digit, i.e. 1.5.0. Just a thought. > > -- Ted > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Unsubscribe: To: listbot@svgalib.org > Body: unsubscribe linux-svgalib > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: To: listbot@svgalib.org Body: unsubscribe linux-svgalib
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