Version Numbering... about definitelytyped

[borisyankov]

I agree completely.
I think that the count of definitions should also be kept to the minimum.
For example we probably don't care for the difference between jquery 1.8.1 and 1.8.2.

[clintwood]

Yes, I agree the differences between minor (or non-major) version numbering is entirely unnecessary!

On another point, I noticed that, for instance, express.d.ts includes a reference to node.d.ts. Now with explicit versioning on definition file names, this dependency within the definition files is problematic since it would 'hard code' the dependency between specific versions of definition files which may not be desired.

Nodes npm uses a clever dependency scheme in its package.json files where dependencies can be expressed as explicit versions, specific major versions, greater than specific versions, etc.

Perhaps either an external dependency file such as package.json or a more flexible version dependency scheme should be considered, but that is more for the TypeScript gurus to work out!

[dandv]

If anyone lands here from a search, the open issue for versioning is #7719.