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Subject:version numbering conventions From:David Chisma <chisma -at- C031 -dot- AONE -dot- NET -dot- AU> Date:Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:18:58 +1000
Dear Techwhrlers,
I'm curious to know if there is a predominant method to number versions
of documents. At my workplace, at least two systems are used.
My department uses a decimal style number where whole numbers (such as
1.0) indicate a 'released' product and decimal points (such as 1.1)
indicate a revision (not released).
Another department uses a 'P' to indicate an unreleased version, where
P0 would be the initial draft, P1, the second draft, and so on. Released
products would be called 'Amendments', where Amendment 0 is the initial
release and Amendment 1, the second release, and so on. Does anyone know
where this system originated?
Everywhere else I look I seem to see a different system. What do you
use?
