Conglomerate Version Numbering. Conglomerate uses a numbering scheme similar to the Linux kernel version numbering; odd numbers refer to an development or testing release and any even minor number version number refers to a stable version. . . : Signifies major changes or rewrites. : Represents addeed or tweaked functionality on top of a largely coherent structure. Even numbers are considered stable versions. Odd numbers are development versions fresh from the CVS repository : Refers to releases fixing bugs. These have odds and evens without any meaning. Usually there is an increment of one. However, development versions can have random increments. It is even possible to have different development versions with the same number. References: Benjamin "Mako" Hill: Free Software Project Management HOWTO.