Re: [Evolution] Version numbering explained

[Guy Steven <rgs etive southern co nz>]

On 22 Dec 2000 13:00:23 -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
> > > > Still... I use it every day for in > 250 mails.  It  handels it well
> for
> > > > pre-beta software...
> > >
> > > "Pre-beta"? It's at 0.8, out of 1.0 (which will be the first offical
> > > released version). I'd call that "late beta".
> >
> > Software version numbers are not real numbers. The next version will
> > be 0.9, and the one after that will be 0.10, etc, etc. There is no
> > implication (from the version number alone) that we're nearing 1.0.
>
> My presumption was that .1 would be the same as .10. And  that the current
> .8 is the same as .80, and not really being 0.08, as you've explained.

the numbers after the period are not decimals. It doesn't go .99 ->1.0,
it goes to .100, then .101
The version number will just keep on getting bigger until the software
is ready for 1.0


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