I like having the patch number set apart. I frequently run into bugs with dependencies where the first thing I check is if they've released a patch, so I can tr

I like having the patch number set apart. I frequently run into bugs with dependencies where the first thing I check is if they've released a patch, so I can try that to fix the bug before digging any deeper. Muddle that with minor revisions and that information is lost. Minor revisions, in addition to signaling new functionality, also signal the possibility of the introduction of new bugs.