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Can I get recommendations on version numbering?

Our product has a long history (12 years or so).

The origins are in VB3 (version 1) and later VB6 (version 2). (Version numbers were "breakfast for dogs," and version control was a nightmare.

I participated here a couple of years. We have version 3 in development on the .NET platform, but version 2 is still supported by periodic releases - about 3 or 4 per year.

I introduced the nightly builds when I started, and our product version number was 2.2.2. Everyone planned only release 2.2.3, but the automated assembly process and VB6's “interesting” 3-part numbering system meant that we needed to use the third part — the build / revision number — that was ever supposed to be.

So, we released version 2.3 (with the build number “whatever”) and went to work on 2.4 (increasing the number of buildings at night), then 2.5, then 2.6, etc.

The build number was hidden from the public view, but available for support, although we rarely release more than one version of the version — we needed to fix it from time to time.

Consistency is ensured. Now we reach 2.9. We are going to move to 2.10 (two points of nine, up to two tenths). Unfortunately, non-technical guys read this as a rational number (Two-point One). They cannot understand why we are not just moving to version 3.0 - as a count. (The build number is only displayed on the Help / About screen for support).

I do not think that updating the product (main number) is justified, especially because of the expectations that it will establish in the market.

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