[Freeciv-Dev] Re: LXR

[Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 03:55:55PM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 04:25:09PM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> > > BTW I find the version numbering confusing now.
> > > It would be better to increment the version number on the
> > > experimental branch right when it forks off the stable branch.
> > > So it should probably have been 1.15.0.That way there is room
> > > for maintenance releases on the stable branch.
> >
> > well, 1.15.0-devel, either that or 1.14.99-devel
> 
> I think we agreed one sunny day that it shouldn't have a version number at
> all, it should merely be CVS+date. It turned out to be more difficult done
> than said, though, so nobody has implemented it yet. 1.14.99-devel isn't a
> bad idea, either.

What is the difficulty?  It can't be that hard to replace one version string
with another ... does anything rely on them being numbers?
 
>   - Per

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