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

Ken.Fuchs at bench.com Ken.Fuchs at bench.com
Wed Aug 6 18:47:22 CEST 2008


Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Well, the "version 2" prefix is kind of already taken by Sascha Hauers
> alternative implementation.
> 
> Should we go for 2.x.x anyway?

May I suggest CC.YY.MM?

VERSION = <Century number>
PATCHLEVEL = <Year number>
SUBLEVEL =  <Month number>
EXTRAVERSION = <NULL> or <special purpose>

So this month's release number would become 20.08.08. 

Sincerely,

Ken Fuchs




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