Subject: Re: Why commands in the source tree don't have version?
To: None <jwise@draga.com>
From: Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi@soum.co.jp>
List: current-users
Date: 02/14/2001 12:48:42
> > isn't it easier to have four digits, like "1.7.0.0" for NetBSD-1.7?
> I'm not sure which is better, so yeah, I can have it work this way if
> people want. The current method (`uname -r`.${TINY_VERSION}) is easier
> to generate, and more consistent with our release naming (it's not
> NetBSD-1.5.0, after all), but yes, may be less clear.
>
> What do people think?
What characters can we use for version numbers? Can't we use '-'?
Versions like
1.7.0-1
1.7.0-2
1.7.1-0
1.7.1-2
:
1.7.4-0
look clearer to me.
Masao
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Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi@soum.co.jp>