[U-Boot-Users] Fwd: RFC: U-Boot version numbering
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Dyer amdyer@gmail.com Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] RFC: U-Boot version numbering To: Kumar Gala galak@kernel.crashing.org
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Kumar Gala galak@kernel.crashing.org wrote:
If we go to date based versions. I'd prefer we keep year as 4 digits:
v1.2008.10 v1.2009.01
I agree, although doing that makes the third field look like a month to the uninitiated. Perhaps use a letter like 'r' for revision instead of a period for the second separator like so:
v1.2008r06
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In message c166aa9f0808010840r3f10bd4fr30454893b66b28ec@mail.gmail.com you wrote:
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Kumar Gala galak@kernel.crashing.org wrote:
If we go to date based versions. I'd prefer we keep year as 4 digits:
v1.2008.10 v1.2009.01
I agree, although doing that makes the third field look like a month to the uninitiated. Perhaps use a letter like 'r' for revision instead of a period for the second separator like so:
But it *is* a month...
v1.2008r06
v1.2008.06 would mean the June release in year 2008.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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