>> This appears to be simply saying that version numbers are misleading; what is important is not what version number is being used, but what contracts that version number corresponds to.
Indeed, the version number is just an attempt to draw a big circle around a whole set of statements about contractual compliance and give the set a meaningful label. As such they are often wrong, and really don't transmit much in the way of useful information.
I was surprised not to read more in the piece about the role of automated tests as an enforcer of contractual compliance.
Indeed, the version number is just an attempt to draw a big circle around a whole set of statements about contractual compliance and give the set a meaningful label. As such they are often wrong, and really don't transmit much in the way of useful information.
I was surprised not to read more in the piece about the role of automated tests as an enforcer of contractual compliance.