How Magic Is Zero?
Alexandre Decan, Tom Mens · 2020
Distributions of open source software packages dedicated to specific programming languages facilitate software development by allowing software projects to depend on the functionality provided by such reusable packages. The health of a software project can be affected by the maturity of the packages on which it depends. The version numbers of the used package releases provide an indication of their maturity. Packages with a 0.y.z version number are commonly assumed to be under initial development, implying that they are likely to be less stable, and depending on them may be less healthy.