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Keep in mind that not all projects use the semantic versioning we typically see (ie major.minor.patch).

There’s a type of versioning called “ZeroVer” where the version is -never- to exceed 0.x.x.

https://0ver.org/

According to that site, the software ASCEND (0.9.8) was first released over 45 years ago.

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True but that site is satire https://0ver.org/about.html

Not the first joke to be taken for real and being used by far too many people because they find it useful.

> used by far too many people because they find it useful.

I don't think that's true.

Well, it seems to be true. This thread is the best example.

Inability to release 1.0 of any software is driven by indecision and/or a lack of confidence in the stability of your product. Nothing more. If you’re decisive about meaningful features on realistic milestones and confident that you have a stable system, there is no reason to not 1.0.

TeX converges to pi

It's currently at version 3.141592653

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX

And the related Metafont converges to e.

Knuth for the transcendental win!

It would be a transcendental tragedy, because those versions only truly become transcendental when Knuth dies. :(

Knuth also has his own definition of bug, limited to mathematical incorrectness.

I have never seen that site before, but taking a look right now, my conclusion is that it is satire.

The site appears to be quite tongue in cheek however the table of 0.x projects looks like quite the valid reference.

Interesting to know that zer0ver exists! Do you know how they claim it to be the most popular versioning scheme?

It's probably true if you assume every "first commit" project starts at 0.0.1. I don't think they put much thought into justifying it though.

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