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Subject:RE: Version number question From:"Robart, Kay" <Kay -dot- Robart -at- tea -dot- state -dot- tx -dot- us> To:Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com>, Jim Witkin <jameswitkin -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:01:56 +0000
I would consider it two new manuals, and start each with v 1.0. I don't think most users pay any attention to the versioning unless they are comparing two versions to see which one is the most recent. I think continuing the version might make any users that noticed wonder why they haven't seen the previous versions of those two manuals.
If you decide to continue the numbering, then probably start at 3.0, to indicate they are getting something substantially different.
Kay R.
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Subject: Re: Version number question
I would continue the version numbers -- because now you would have two different manuals that start at version 4.3, for example. Plus, that way users know it's not V1 of something. People don't necessarily like knowing they're looking at a V1 -- of anything.
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Jim Witkin <jameswitkin -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I'm working on a manual that contains two primary sections: a
> technical description of the product and an installation section. The
> manual has gotten quite long and we've observed that the audience for
> each section is somewhat different. For example, installers don't need
> the 80 pages of technical description to install the product. Our
> plan is to split the manual in half and move forward with two manuals
> each with its own revision track. The current version number for the
> manual is v2.4. Question: When I split the manual should I start the
> version numbering at 1.0 for each of the two manuals? Or should the
> technical description manual maintain the previous numbering track and
> the installation manual start with new version numbering? Or vice
> versa? Or should both new manuals start with the previous manual's
> numbers and increment from there? Thx, Jim
>
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