Re: [libvirt] Switch to a time based version number rule

On Mon, 2016-06-13 at 17:58 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> If we really want to go time-based, why don't we keep it >> really straightforward and predictable and do >> >> July 2016 -> 2016.7.0 >> August 2016 -> 2016.8.0 >> ... >> January 2017 -> 2017.1.0 >> February 2017 -> 2017.2.0 >> >> If we'll happen to skip a month for whatever reason, we >> can simply skip the corresponding minor number. > > Having a full year in there means more typing for everyone A bit, yeah. On the other hand, I think it would make it even clearer that the release schedule is entirely time-based. > and I think skipping version numbers would actually be > confusing, as it could people to think there was a missing > release Think Ubuntu - they always have a six month gap between releases, but I've yet to hear anyone complain about that.