Kelven Versioning

Created: 2022-01-06T17:46:44-06:00

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Pick an initial temperature and increment downward to zero.

When version zero happens you can no longer update that software.

Collective Kelvin Versioning: Packages can only depend on something with a version lower than itself.

Release Candidates: to completely ignore the whole purpose of the scheme, use "release candidates" as provisional versions before issuing a formal version update.

Basically a minor protest against constantly evolving software by using a system designed to become "frozen" at some future date.