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Re: Subversion version numbers

From: Andy Levy <andy.levy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:23:10 -0400

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Hingley, Ken <Ken.Hingley_at_theaa.com> wrote:
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> Hello All
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> "the book" only speaks about positive integer version numbers yet tigris
> release subversion as 1.4.0, 1.4.x, 1.5.0, etc.
>
> The FAQ implies these integer version numbers are for internal use only (see
> below), so is there a manual mapping between the two?
>
> I want to use the "dot" version numbers because they imply major/minor
> changes.

Release numbers and revision numbers are independent. Unless you
produce a release for every revision, that is. The "dot version
numbers" are tied to your own public/private release scheme. You must
do this "mapping" yourself because the meaning varies for everyone.

The Subversion revision number is a timestamp, a counter of how many
changes have been made to the repository at a given point in time. It
really should not be used for public versioning, except in places
where information about where the released code was built from.

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