Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!uunet!mcsun!ukc!dcl-cs!aber-cs!odin!pcg From: pcg@odin.cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: What about x.y versions instead of x.y.w.z ? Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 90 21:05:52 GMT Sender: pcg@aber-cs.UUCP Organization: Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Lines: 14 I have noticed that Larry Wall tends now to use four part version numbers. I would beg him to revert to two part ones; the problem is that I tend to keep sources to his works under RCS in the trunk, and my local mods as branches (this simplifies the job of reapplying local mods or unofficial patches when a new patchlevel or release comes out). If the author preempts the use of branch numbers things are going to become pretty bleak. The release/patchlevel pair has enough resolution, I hope. -- Piercarlo "Peter" Grandi | ARPA: pcg%cs.aber.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk