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> > One reason is that we don't have to update :version fields and
> > documentation if there is a well defined versioning scheme.
> 
> I sincerely doubt that the version-update problem will go away with 
> _any_ versioning scheme.

It will "go away" if the versioning scheme ensures that the version
number of a release can be determined long before the release happens
(i.e. is independent of any other release that might happen in the
mean time).


	Stefan