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

Currently libvirt uses a 3 digit version number, except when it uses a 4 digit version number. We have the following rules - major - no one has any clue about when we should bump this - minor - bump this when some "significant"[*] features appear - micro - bump this on each new release - extra - bump this for stable branch releases [*] for a definition of "significant" that no one knows Now consider our actual requirements - A number that increments on each monthly release - A number that can be incremented for stable branch releases Ok, the micro + extra digits deal with our two actual requirements, so one may ask what is the point of the major + minor digits ? In 11 years of libvirt development we've only bumped the major digit once, and we didn't have any real reason why we chose to the bump the major digit, instead of continuing to bump the minor digit. It just felt like we ought to have a 1.0 release after 7+ years. Our decisions about when to bump the minor digit have not been that much less arbitray. We just look at what features are around and randomly decide if any feel "big enough" to justify a minor digit bump.