Re: Emacs Versions: major, minor and ...?

[Colin Baxter]

>>>>> mrf  <joinlaw@cock.li> writes:

    > Colin Baxter writes:

    >> The current emacs development version is "28.0.5". I know that
    >> "28" is the value of the emacs-major-version variable and "0" is
    >> the value of the emacs-minor-version variable. I assume "5" is
    >> also the value of a variable, but what's its name?

    > The third number after the dots is called micro or in some
    > projects patch, please take a look at semantic versioning
    > (semver.org) and the book (Producing Open Source Software by karl
    > fogel)<free and gratis
    book> despite the name of this book the author (karl fogel) is
    > mentioning the relation between free software and open source and
    > uses the term to describe same thing, anyway this book explain at
    > chapter 7 the naming practices in software development.

    > In addition take look at the section that describe even/odd
    > (stable/unstable) strategy:

    > https://producingoss.com/en/development-cycle.html

    > BTW This is basic software engineering issue.

Thanks for the information, even if in this particular case it's not
directly appropriate for emacs.

Best wishes,