I usually name things foo-2.1.21-970104 to deal with this problem.
Most people understand what it means.
I hadn't thought of that system, but it looks very good for when
you're producing a lot of snapshots of a quickly-evolving package.
(And since you're using "YYMMDD" dates, version number comparisons
work as usual.)
Dale
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