Re: Conventions for release numbering

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, elein wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 11:13:15PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, elein wrote:
>>
>>> (No, wait, I'm not starting a release numbering discussion.)
>>>
>>>
>>> If we have release 8.0.3 where 8 is the Major releae,
>>> 0 is the minor release and 3 is the version (revision?),
>>> how would we refer to a generic release number:
>>>
>>> 	postgresql-M.m.v ? postgresql-M.m.r ?
>>>
>>> Is this our convention?  Do either of these work?
>>
>> Assuming v==version and r==release, is there a big difference between the
>> two?  How are each defined?
>
> That is my question!  What do we conventionally use?

Neither and both?  Since I don't know the difference (if any) between the 
final being considered r(elease) or v(ersion) ...

Its always just been 'Major'.'Minor'.'Bug Fixes' ... so is 'Bug Fixes' == 
version or release?

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