> Modern software controls dependencies because it helps software authors. https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/BundlingHelpsSoftwareAuthors
This is mostly the kind of thing where someone says things we already know, but no one just came out and said them. And it's mostly about Semantic Versioning. https://semver.org/
I"m actually not a huge fan of Semantic Versioning, mostly because people tend to do it wrong for various reasons. I prefer date versioning, because it doesn't lend itself to version inflation.
For Date Versioning you use a date in the form yyyymmdd and add a three-digit version number for bug patches and minor additions, making the version number yyyymmdd.XXX. Forex, 20210120.006.
Date Versioning doesn't add semantic information–other than patch number and the fact a new Date Version contains a breaking change of some kind. But it is unambiguous and references a point in time useful for researching it.
But I'm OK with Semantic Versioning too. Just do it right or use Date Versioning.
