Pete Ware <ware(a)cis.ohio-state.edu> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
Use dates -- it even tells people how old their version is. Tack on
a
"beta" to warn people off.
Dates don't conveniently go into scripts. How would you determine a
priori which was the previous version? This is needed for generating
patch kits.