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Re: Version numbers question
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: JohnT <democritus7 at att dot net>
- Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:52:05 +0100
- Subject: Re: Version numbers question
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On 22 June 2015 at 14:55, JohnT wrote:
> I am wondering why it appears that GCC has started drastically raising its
> major version number for minor changes, instead of spending several years
> on version 3 and 4. 4.0.1, 4.1.1 and 4.12, 4.2.3, 4.3.2, 4.4.5, up through
> 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, the 4.8 and 4.9 releases, then version 5.1 and
> talking about version 6. Little changes should be reflected in minor
> version and bugfix numbers, not major version jumps.
Define little.