Re: Version Numbering

+1 for Tom's post.

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20.Ağu.2010 tarihinde 21:40 saatinde, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
şunları yazdı:

> "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
>> A while ago, I asked if .0 releases could be versioned with three
>> digits instead of two. That is, it would be "8.4.0" instead of "8.4".
>
> We've been doing that for some time, no?  A quick look at the CVS
> history shows that 8.0.0 and up were tagged that way.
>
>> This is to make the format consistent with maintenance releases
>> ("8.4.1", etc.). I thought this was generally agreed upon, but
>> maybe not, because I just went to build the latest 9.0 beta and saw
>> that the version number is "9.0beta4".
>
> .0 is for releases, not betas.  I see no need for an extra number in
> beta versions.
>
>            regards, tom lane
>
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