Re: [h5md-user] git branch 1.0

[Peter Colberg]

Hi Felix,

On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 10:05:15AM +0200, Felix Höfling wrote:
> Am 02.09.2013, 19:36 Uhr, schrieb Peter Colberg
> <address@hidden>:
> 
> >On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:46:41AM +0200, Felix Höfling wrote:
> >>Just a little thing: I would like to ensure that the finally
> >>published manuscript (the first "official" version) corresponds to
> >>version 1.0 (and not 1.0.2 or so). So I would tag it still as a RC
> >>or similar. Also not sure whether there is really a need for 3-level
> >>version numbers. (Fixing typos does not deserve a separate version
> >>number IMHO).
> >
> >The version number is three levels to differentiate between tags and
> >branches. The version published with the manuscript would be 1.0.0.
> 
> I understand that the second and third digits are for branches and
> tags, respectively. But what is the first digit for? Minor changes
> increment the tag, and major changes the branch. Will we ever reach
> H5MD 2.x with a three-level scheme?

I realized that H5MD explicitly specifies a major and a minor version
number as the version attribute, so a three-level scheme for tags is
nonsensical… Let's just keep going without branches.

Peter