Subject: Re: Version Naming/Numbering
To: George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net>
From: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
List: current-users
Date: 09/23/2004 11:40:38
George Michaelson <ggm@apnic.net> writes:

> Confusing people is one thing. 
>
> Breaking #if logic is another.

I think breaking code that depends on version numbers is a feature not
a bug, however inconvenient it may be.

For all I care, versions should be symbolic, with a numeric ordering
within each release (beta versions of Gnus uses this).

/Johan