> Monotonic version numbering is the way to go, and years are the most consistent and best understood mechanism [...]. We should adopt this as an industry. Abs

> Monotonic version numbering is the way to go, and years are the most consistent and best understood mechanism [...]. We should adopt this as an industry. Absolutely agreed. In the interest of efficiency, we should probably also truncate it to fewer digits. Perhaps 2. Since we're in the first quarter of a new century, this won't cause an issue for a long time.