Elementwise -//- first release -//- Element-wise (vectorized) function, method and operator support for iterables in python.

[Nathan Rice]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:45:07 -0500, Nathan Rice wrote:
>
>> If you take a moment and examine the version number, you will notice
>> that it is a date code.
>
> Not any date code I'm familiar with. 0.111220 doesn't look anything like
> a date to me.
>
> Possibly if the last release was two thousand years ago. I'd rather stick
> to actively maintained software, if it's all the same with you.

Date code != date.

>> In my opinion that is far more informative than
>> an arbitrary number.  I use the major version number to signify... Wait
>> for it... Major changes :)
>
> Well, that's one opinion. Another opinion is that nobody cares what
> specific day you release a new version, and that versions 0.191231 and
> 0.200101 probably aren't that big a difference.

Nobody cares about version numbers in general, except as a way to
fulfill dependencies.  By using a date code, your versions are
guaranteed to sort in release order (which is nice, say if someone was
to download your software via FTP), you can tell what release has what
ticket fixes in an issue tracker, stuff like that.  It also gives me
an easy way to be nostalgic about releases....

As for the extra "20" that I exclude, if I haven't updated the major
version number by the time 2020 rolls around I deserve any trouble it
causes :)