Version numbers - to 'v' or not to 'v', that is the question

gorenje
Mon, 05 May 2025 17:27:31 +0000
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Hi There,

I’ve noticed that a lot of Erlang projects use a ‘v’ prefix for version tags and a lot of Erlang projects don’t!

Having finally installed emqtt by changing from ‘v’ to non-‘v’ prefixed version number (v1.2.0 should be 1.14.4), I would like to know: what is the common practice now?

For me, it seems that there is a shift away from ‘v’ prefixed release tags - is that the case? Or does each project do their own thing?

b.t.w. is emqx/emqtt the go-to MQTT library for Erlang or is there something else?

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