[A83] Re: Version Numbers
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[A83] Re: Version Numbers
At 09:35 PM 1/23/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Generally you use the format X.yy.zz where X is your major version, yy your
>minor, and zz is the build. For example, the first released version is
>1.0.0. If you make a very minor change and rebuild your program you have
>1.0.1. If you make some majorish minor changes then you have 1.1.0 (or 1.1).
>If you add a bunch of features or recode your whole program or something
>it's a major change and you'd go to 2.0. Ideally that's what you do but
>that's not always followed...And when programs get up to 8.0 or 11.0 or such
>some companies start over at 1.0 but add "Pro" to the name or other such
>identifier.
Unless, of course, you're AutoDesk, is which case you use 'R' followed by
the number of times you released it (AutoCAD is on 15). If you have a minor
change, you add the letter 'i'. (VIZ 3i, AutoCAD 2000i).
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