Why not use both? Use semantic versioning when tagging/releasing your project so humans can understand the version numbers. Set your g:loaded_yourplugin varia

Why not use both? Use semantic versioning when tagging/releasing your project so humans can understand the version numbers. Set your g:loaded_yourplugin variable to the integer version of the major & minor components of the semver version number. You can ignore the bugfix component because the dependency management stuff is likely going to only care about which features are present.