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		dllthomas on Nov 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You N... At the same time, though, you lose the thread if you miss any "X is the next version of Y" update. Probably HR-number-hash would be ideal.

mgkimsal on Nov 18, 2014 [–]

or maybe just 'version numbers'.

HR3361.4 HR3361.5 HR3361.6

etc

Easier for everyone to understand, not just geeks...

dllthomas on Nov 18, 2014 | [–]

People get tempted to play shenanigans like reusing numbers.

mgkimsal on Nov 18, 2014 | | [–]

datetime?

HR3361.20141106142502

almost as bad as hash, but immediately parseable and understood if a version was before or after something else.

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