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		yjftsjthsd-h on Dec 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pragmatic Versioning – An Alternative to Semver So just tack on a number - marketing.breaking.feature.patch - or market on the feature number (Solaris 11 uname will happily tell you its real version is 5.11)

CSMastermind on Dec 5, 2023 | [–]

Okay I now very strongly support renaming the numbers to be more explicit whether we add more of them or not.

Literally calling the numbers 'breaking' and 'feature' would have made things more clear.

natbennett on Dec 6, 2023 | [–]

Yes, “just stop using semver” is basically the solution to enterprise versioning

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