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Re: Version string bump

To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>
Subject: Re: Version string bump
From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 20:31:30 -0700
Cc: ian at zembu dot com, obrien at FreeBSD dot org, binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <20000516162245.A80298@dragon.nuxi.com> <20000517035251.11711.qmail@daffy.airs.com> <200005170404.VAA01334@localhost.cygnus.com>

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 09:04:08PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> The way we do this in glibc-land is to set VERSION=2.10.90.  This then
> becomes the first prerelease version number.

I'm unconvinced this is as clear as gcc-land's "2.96 20000518 (experimental)"
vs "2.95.2 19991024 (release)".  Having the status marker in there
explicitly makes sure that the user doesn't have to figure out
whatever numbering scheme you're using.

r~

References:
- Version string bump
  - From: David O'Brien
- Re: Version string bump
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor
- Re: Version string bump
  - From: Geoff Keating

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