[GH-ISSUE #68] Suggestion: stick to semantic versioning #29

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opened 2026-06-08 11:25:22 +03:00 by zhus · 2 comments
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Originally created by @jc21 on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/68

Looking through your release history, your versioning scheme is all over the place.

I'm packaging your software on my Centos and Debian repositories and it's easier for me if the version is of a consistent standard, v0.0.0. In these package managers, v4 is newer than your latest release of v0.4.5.0. I would argue that you don't need 4 levels of version numbers either.

Just a suggestion to make things easier for the consumers of your software :)

Originally created by @jc21 on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/bootandy/dust/issues/68 Looking through your release history, your versioning scheme is all over the place. I'm packaging your software on my [Centos](https://yum.jc21.com) and [Debian](https://dpkg.jc21.com) repositories and it's easier for me if the version is of a consistent standard, `v0.0.0`. In these package managers, `v4` is newer than your latest release of `v0.4.5.0`. I would argue that you don't need 4 levels of version numbers either. Just a suggestion to make things easier for the consumers of your software :)
zhus closed this issue 2026-06-08 11:25:22 +03:00
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@bootandy commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020):

Hi,

v4 was an accident its version is v0.4.0 and it was marked as a pre-release because of this.

Mostly these things occur as an accident and I can't see how to delete them from github.

Should I drop the 'v' from the versioning? Is that annoying?

<!-- gh-comment-id:584337751 --> @bootandy commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020): Hi, v4 was an accident its version is v0.4.0 and it was marked as a pre-release because of this. Mostly these things occur as an accident and I can't see how to delete them from github. Should I drop the 'v' from the versioning? Is that annoying?
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@jc21 commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020):

With or without the v is fine and doesn’t matter. It was just a matter of semantic versioning.

<!-- gh-comment-id:584364416 --> @jc21 commented on GitHub (Feb 11, 2020): With or without the v is fine and doesn’t matter. It was just a matter of semantic versioning.
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Reference: bootandy/archived-dust#29