JEP 223: New Version-String Scheme

[Iris Clark]

Hi, Florian.

> Downstreams may have to add additional, out-of-cycle security fixes.
> Should they avoid changing the version-string altogether if they do this?

Wouldn't you want/need to change the version string (including the version number) for every release so that it can be identified?  It's possible that a Project Lead may wish to coordinate version numbers, but I don't see why it couldn't be changed.

Perhaps I've misunderstood the question?

Thanks,
iris