gEDA-dev: gEDA/gaf stable version 1.0.1-20070626 released!

[Dan McMahill]

Bob Paddock wrote:
> On Saturday 30 June 2007 09:57, Ales Hvezda wrote:
> 
>>> If we would like to add the date the version number should be 
>>> 1.0.1.20070626
>>>
>> Oohhh, this suggestion has come up several times now and I am starting
>> to like it (no dash). 
> 
> It would be far better to be explicit and spell out the month,
> or at least abbreviate the month as:
> 
>  2007Jun26
> 
> for example.
> 
> I spent a lot of time working with people in other parts of the world
> on a daily basis.  Sometimes they would schedule meetings
> well in advance.  As 7AM 10-06-2007.  Is that June the 10th,
> or October the 6th?  It depends on what part of the world
> your in.  Once we all got onto spelling it, there where
> no more missed meetings.


That version breaks all sorts of tools which care about being able to 
sort by version number.  Examples are tools which may scan installed 
packages for security vulnerabilities or package management tools which 
make sure you have the minimum required version of some package.

-Dan