How is decided, if a software version is called 1.1 / 1.0.1 / 1.0.0.1 / 1.0.0.0.1 etc.?
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Whatever you choose really. Normally 1 is major versions with lots of new features. 1.1 is usually minor features (especially ones they couldn’t get out for the whole version release in time) and/or major fixes. 1.1.1 is usually minor fixes, no new features. Sometimes we may go to 1.1.1.1 for very quick updates, like security patches.
But there is no rule. For years I’ve seen people complaining that a move from say 3 to 4 for some software doesn’t have enough changes to be worth a whole version release. I’ve seen others where people were amazed a dot release (say 3.0-3.1) contained so many improvements.
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