A version is just a label for a moment in time. We already have a great standard for that: ISO 8601.
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@aral no - version numbers often encode more useful information about an update by having separate major/minor/patch numbers -
@hdgarrood All made up and quite arbitrary — semver makes sense for components; not end products. -
@aral ah ok sure, I'm with you there.
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@aral it doesn't tell you how important it is an update in comparison to your current installed version thoughThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral following that train of thought ISO 8601 is pretty dead and irrelevant. Not all stale things are bad. Sometimes things get *done*.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral quite nice in general but compared to semantic versioning it lacks information on compatibility. http://semver.org/Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I think that only works when every version is equal. Nothing worse than a poorly labelled major version that breaks stuff.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral a version number also indicates maturity: ie11 is Microsoft's 11th attempt at making a usable browser ! -
@liversedge@aral have they ever got a browser right? I just stick to Firefox.
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