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		scrapcode on Feb 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Io.js 1.3.0 released This prompted me to look up Node's versioning style to see if it had a name, but I couldn't find one. What I did learn is how in Node.js even numbered releases are stable and odd numbered releases are unstable. That seems pretty odd to me (no pun intended), is this normal?

phpnode on Feb 20, 2015 | [–]

It's copied from the linux kernel - http://www.linfo.org/kernel_version_numbering.html

inyourtenement on Feb 20, 2015 | | [–]

We should clarify that Linux no longer uses that version numbering system.

cursork on Feb 20, 2015 | [–]

Also Perl: 5.20 is current stable, 5.21 is unstable but will eventually lead to 5.22.

http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq1.html#How-often-are-new-vers...

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