[HN Gopher] ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning
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       ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning
        
       Author : fanf2
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2025-02-25 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | galaxyLogic wrote:
       | If every version starts with "0.", isn't that "0." redundant?
       | Then why not just drop the "0." from the version number
       | alltogether?
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       | And if it's the best practice that first digit should be "0" why
       | not apply the same logic and also make the 2nd digit "0"? And
       | 3rd?
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       | What INFORMATION does the 1st digit being "0" convey, if it is
       | always 0?
        
         | atoav wrote:
         | This is satire.
         | 
         | Based on the observation that many software maintainers do not
         | like to apply semantic versioning as it was meant to be used.
         | Meaning as long as the major version (x.0.0) doesn't change you
         | give your users certain guarantees regarding the stability of
         | interfaces etc.
         | 
         | But what does it mean if you always stay on zero? Do you give
         | those guarantees or not? Traditionally it was the latter as
         | zero releases were still considered prototypes.
        
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