software versioning practices?

[rdrnnr]

Can someone point me to a good link describing proper software versioning?

I'm working on a project that I want to release, and I dunno where version 1 stops/starts and how to manage the revisions, alpha/beta etc.... I'd like to know the right way to go about this.

any help would be appreciated!

-rdrnnr

[notionlogic]

I'm not sure if this is the "right" way but it works for me...

pre-release versions I call v0.x (e.g. v0.1, v0.2 etc)
full release versions then start at 1 (e.g. v1.0)

bugfix versions increment the second of the two number (e.g. v1.1, v1.2 etc)

major functionality or db structure changes mean an increase in the first number (e.g. v2.0)

So a hypothetical set of versions could be:

v0.1 pre-release/development
v0.2
v1.0 first full release
v1.1 minor additions and bugfixes
v1.2
v2.0 major upgrade in functionality or DB
v2.1 minor additions/bugfixes
v3.0
etc

Works for me at least but I'm sure someone will be able to find a fault with it!

[rdrnnr]

Yes, but I wonder if a revision w/bug fixes should warrant an increase in the version even if with a decimal.

I've also seen people use multiple decimals, like 1.3.1, etc