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Why are pkgsrc version numbers named after Dewey?



Hi,
Why are the version numbers of pkgsrc packages called Dewey numbers? The
concepts of a decimal classification scheme and a version number are
completely distinct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning
I'd like to completely eliminate this term from pkgsrc. Just because Ant
and FreeBSD didn't come up with a better term more than 20 years ago
doesn't mean that we should stick to this confusing mistake.
Roland


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