Subject: bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

From: Jack Kelly <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2013 06:58:14 +1100

Diego Elio Pettenò <[email-masked]> writes:
> Okay that sounds reasonable. I would be more toward 24 than 18 — maybe
> going for 18 to the next "beta"-quality automake, 24 to the final
> release. Speaking of which I would suggest that we call X.0 the betas,
> and suggest general usage only when X.1 is out...

IMHO, that seems like a great way to cause trouble for unsuspecting
users. (Anyone remember KDE4.0?) Can you expand on why you think it's a
good plan?

Is there a system like X.beta1, X.beta2, ..., X.0 that is going to fit
the ordering system for most package managers? Bonus points if it works
in asciibetical order, too.

-- Jack