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I asked what criteria everyone uses to determine whether to start a document
as 0.1 or 1.0.
People who use the x.x system generally use it the same way as I do: 0.x is
a draft; 1.0, 2.0 are for major releases where, for example, something has
changed in the product; and 1.x, 1.y is for minor releases, such as a
textual change that doesn't change the content.
Some of the released 0.x documents I'm working with were written by someone
who still works here. When I had a chance today I asked him about his
numbering system. There was no grand plan: apparently releasing them as 0.x
was an oversight or just something that happened. It's not a huge issue, but
at least the mystery is cleared up.
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