Bug#1135785: Suggest starting date-based version numbers with 0.x

Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Wed, 06 May 2026 13:41:58 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
Organization The Eyrie
Message-ID <87tssk6zjd.fsf__38028.2829910115$1778100206$gmane$org@hope.eyrie.org>
Sean Whitton <[email protected]> writes:

> Generally we want all the version number techniques to be in Policy.

Yes, I think that's a good counterargument to what I assume was my thought
process at the time that this was more advice than a requirement.

> I think this should be Policy advice, i.e. use "encouraged".

Yes, agreed.