Re: module versioning

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Andi Gutmans wrote: > It is not huge amount of work but we should agree on php-dev first about > what the version number will look like both number wise and format wise, > i.e. string vs. integer, 1.0.3 vs. 2001008. Probably the latter date is > more useful in this context. stig posted a set of really useful ones here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=98918784106598&w=2 personally, i would like to see something like: $return = get_ext_version("xml"); where return contains: $return["number"]["major"] = 4; $return["number"]["minor"] = 0; $return["number"]["patch"] = 6; and $return["date"]["YYYY"] = 2001; $return["date"]["MM"] = 06; $return["date"]["DD"] = 23; or similar. what do you think? dates are ok, but sometimes you have to rush a version out the door twice on the same day. therefore, i think its probably a good idea to have a MMP number as well as the date. - avi