Standard Plugin/Skin Version Name Convention

[smeghead]

I'm pretty much used to gbpvr and all its plugins as i've spent time going up the learning curve. I've suggested to a couple of friends that they use gbpvr and although there are pretty good with computers they struggle with which plugins and skins are compatable with each other. When I think about it so do I.

reven seems to have come up with an excellent way of version naming for his range of plugins and I am suggesting that we all follow the same convention and have a standard. If this is acceptable I would gladly write it up on the wiki.

I'm sure reven will correct me but here goes. The version tag is made up of 4 digits with a dot seperator as follows:

Major Version . Skin Change . Minor Version . Bug Fix

If a skin developer says that a skin is OK for plugin X version 4.3 then we know it's OK with 4.3.1.2 and 4.3.2.5 etc.

Skin developers can then say confidently that a skin is OK with these plugins with these version i.e. just using the first 2 digits.

I think we should get this established as soon as we can. As I said things are getting more and more confusing as more plugins and skins are being developed.

What does everyone think?

[reven]

yup thats how i do it
plus ive added <Version>4.1.x</Version> in the skin file, and if the version doesnt match up to the current skin you are using it defaults to the blue skin (which is theory should aswell be up-to-date)