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Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by tssva on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:17AM (#28155897)
What are you going to do when it is August 11th 2121? Reuse the build number?
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by dmos62 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:35AM (#28156116)
Add a 1. in front. It earned it.
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by ruined on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:51AM (#28157050)
not a problem. it's physically impossible for any software to be maintained that long.

you can't prove me wrong

Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by tssva on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:17AM (#28157398)
Sure I can. It will just take some time to do so.
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by ziml77 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:36AM (#28156131)
If the project actually does last that long, I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to just extended the version by 2 digits to include the full year.
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by williamdclt on Thursday August 12, 2021 @04:11PM (#28160864)
You mean that you're _sure_ that nothing will be dependent on the format of the version string of a >100yo project?

I'd bet everything I own against that

Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by tssva on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:05AM (#28157220)
Is it a Mozilla project because that is some Mozilla type version inflation?
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by thih9 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:55AM (#28157096)
Instruct the AI to move the project to a versioning system that supports full calendar year.
Re:ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning by Jiocus on Thursday August 12, 2021 @11:11AM (#28157310)
This is a solved problem.

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