Versioning schemes
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Today I learned: https://0ver.org/
With software releases at an all-time high, the consensus has never been clearer: Major versions are over. So what does the past, present, and future of software versioning look like? Welcome to ZeroVer 0.0.1.
Unlike other versioning schemes like Semantic Versioning and Calendar Versioning, ZeroVer (AKA 0ver) is simple: Your software’s major version should never exceed the first and most important number in computing: zero.
A down-to-earth demo:
YES: 0.0.1, 0.1.0dev, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.9.8n, 0.999999999, 0.0
NO: 1.0, 1.0.0-rc1, 18.0, 2018.04.01
In general I use SemVer.
CalVer is also handy in certain scenarios.