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What to use as an initial version?

Asked 2010-09-16T16:22:13.340
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I usually start my projects with a version 1.0.0. As soon as I have some stuff together, I release it as 1.0.0 and move on with 1.1.0.

However, this leads to usable but not exactly feature complete version 1.0.0 of most stuff I write. I then add features and get to a decent version somewhere around 1.6.0. Many projects start with version 0.1.0, which will be as usable as my 1.0.0.

What would you suggest doing? Start with 1.0.0 or 0.1.0?

The last number is for bugfix releases only by the way. You can think of my 1.0.0 as 1.0 and 0.1.0 as 0.1 is that's easier for you.

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Depends on the project. For simple command line tools, I usually start around 0.9[.0] since I only consider releasing or packing them when they're near completion (or ready for beta testing, anyway.) More complicated projects start around 0.1[.0] and some never even see 1.0. I consider 1.0 a release version (or at least a locally tested beta or release candidate) and plan accordingly.

With team projects, whoever puts the first version tag gets to decide :).

answered 2010-09-16T16:55:42.227

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