Re: [Qemu-devel] release retrospective, next release timing, numbering

[Liviu Ionescu]

On 2 May 2018 at 10:38:09, Cornelia Huck (address@hidden) wrote:

> > > >> a) Bump major version once a year, so we'll have 3.0, 3.1,
> 3.3,
> > >> 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, ...etc We missed the first release this
> > >> year, so we would only have 3.0 and 3.1 this year.
> > >>
> > >> b) Bump major release when minor version gets double-digits.
> > >> eg 3.0, 3.1, ...., 3.9, 3.9, 4.0, ...., 4.9, 5.0...
> >
> > It's just a matter of taste, but I think I'd prefer variant b).
> That
> > will bump the major release approx. every three years which
> sounds like
> > a good time frame for me.
>
> I think anything that keeps release numbers in ascending order
> would
> basically work :)

not really.

I suggest you use semantic versioning:

https://semver.org


regards,

Liviu