[wp-hackers] Plugin Version Increments

Aaron Harun admin at anthologyoi.com
Sun May 4 01:37:27 GMT 2008


Yes. I normally use the even numbers for development versions.

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Glenn Ansley <glenn at glennansley.com> wrote:
> >
>  > the major revisions are consecutive odd
>  > numbers and the minor are consecutive counting numbers.
>
>
>  So you would go from 1.1 to 1.3 and skip 1.2?
>
>
>
>  On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Aaron Harun <admin at anthologyoi.com> wrote:
>
>  > Usually if a script has a version less than 1.0, it is assumed that it
>  > is still "beta" and may go boom.
>  >
>  > Other than that it is up to you. Usually going from 1.0 -> 2.0 signals
>  > a large change, 1.0 -> 1.5 signals a medium change, 1.0.0 -> 1.0.1 is
>  > usually something fairly small. It is very arbitrary and usually is
>  > used however the dev wants to use it, but be consistent within your
>  > own project. Don't go from 1.0 to 1.1 to 1.2.3 to 1.7 to 3.14.
>  >
>  > Right now for one of my larger projects I'm using 1.(major revision
>  > number).(minor revision). The major revisions are consecutive odd
>  > numbers and the minor are consecutive counting numbers.
>  >
>  >
>  > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Glenn Ansley <glenn at glennansley.com>
>  > wrote:
>  > > Is there any industry or WordPress preferred method for version number
>  > >  increments?
>  > >  I've never released code to the public before that had the potential of
>  > >  future revisions. What determines if a script goes from 1.0 to 1.1 or
>  > 1.1.1
>  > >  or 2.0? Also, what determines if the initial script is released < 1.0?
>  > >
>  > >  If there is no "standard", why do you do it like you do?
>  > >
>  > >  Thanks,
>  > >  Glenn Ansley
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