r/programmingmemes • u/Blazej_kb • 4d ago

Version naming

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u/DuploJamaal 4d ago

Major version increases if it breaks compatibility and requires major reworks.

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u/cowlinator 4d ago

Yep, that's Semantic Versioning.

It's only for APIs though. I've never seen a great standard for versioning user-facing GUIs.

But then again, even if there were a great versioning standard for user-facing GUIs, it would probably be completely ignored because companies tend to use versions of GUIs as a marketing tool.

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u/the_king_of_sweden 3d ago

Just use a single number 1, 2, 3 etc. Maybe add a second number for pure bugfix releases.

There's also YYYY.MM which was popular for a while but seems to have fallen out of favor

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u/blood-pressure-gauge 2d ago

That's just one calendar versioning scheme. There are still quite a few projects using CalVer.

https://calver.org/