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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:04:09 +0200
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Subject: New versioning scheme ? ( 2.6.8.1 )
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Hi!

Can someone tell me why the ages old, established versioning scheme of
x.y.z was "abolished" and x.y.z.w was introduced ?

Regards,
David Balazic