[U-Boot-Users] Fwd: RFC: U-Boot version numbering

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <c166aa9f0808010840r3f10bd4fr30454893b66b28ec at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > If we go to date based versions.  I'd prefer we keep year as 4 digits:
> >
> > v1.2008.10
> > v1.2009.01
> 
> 
> I agree, although doing that makes the third field look like a month
> to the uninitiated.  Perhaps use a letter like 'r' for revision
> instead of a period for the second separator like so:

But it *is* a month...

> v1.2008r06

v1.2008.06 would mean the June release in year 2008.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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