"W. Trevor King" <wking@drexel.edu> writes:

> Currently setup.py sets the version number for BE to 0.0.193 and the
> url to http://panoramicfeedback.com/opensource/. These are both a bit
> outdated ;).

Right, that should change.

> I've switched my branch over to the current url, and moved to
> last-commit-timestamp version numbers.

Please, no. Timestamps aren't version strings, that's conflating two
pieces of information with very different meanings. Correlating the two
is the job of a changelog.

> This removes the "prefered branch" issues with the old scheme, and
> version numbers should increase monotonically

The English word “should” is ambiguous in this context. Are you saying
this is desirable, or are you predicting that it will likely be the
case?

I don't see how it's either, so am doubly confused :-)

> but it looses any stability information suggested by the preceding
> 0.0.

The convention for three-part version strings is often:

  * Major release number (big changes in how the program works,
    increasing monotonically per major release, with “0”indicating no
    major release yet)

  * Minor release number (smaller impact on how the program works,
    increasing monotonically per minor release, with “0” indicating no
    minor release yet since the previous major)

  * Patch release number (bug-fix and other changes that don't affect
    the documented interface, increasing monotonically per patch
    release, with “0” indicating no patch release since the previous
    major or minor)

Obviously there's no standard or enforcement for this, but that's the
interpretation I usually give to dotted version strings in the absence
of more formal declaration specific to the project.

> We can add those back in if people want. Does the first 0 mean
> "interfaces in flux" and the second 0 mean "lots of bugs"? If so, I
> think we're up to 0.1, since the major features are pretty calm.

I disagree with your interpretation and prefer mine, above; on that
basis, I agree that we're at least up to version 0.1 by now :-)

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