Develop Version Numbering for an Application

Question

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Answer 1

We use major.minor[.build[.revision]]. And we give the semantics of:

major = major version. (Kind of big changes, maybe even with UI refresh). minor = as medium set of changes. (maybe new internal processes or engines' refactoring).

As for build and revision:

0 - Means its alpha stage.
1 - Beta.
2 - Release candidate.
3 - Production.

So, if your app its on 3.2.1.0. You know you're at the alpha stage of the 3.2 version. And so on.

NOTE: Although it may seems kinda large to include the revision we found it to be a good practice because if we found some bug or unexpected behavior we just fix and increment revision and not build.