> There is a strict convention in regards to the gem versioning system. Sadly this is not true. I've seen numerous gems that don't follow this pattern. If you

> There is a strict convention in regards to the gem versioning system. Sadly this is not true. I've seen numerous gems that don't follow this pattern. If you're going to create a gem I recommend using http://semver.org http://semver.org and stating in your readme that you use it so that users are certain of the system in use.