# Versioning of Elastica
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 27, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163 "2011-03-27T10:42:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@ruflin\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin_2)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2011, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163/1 "2011-03-27T10:42:42Z")
Hi
I'm the developer of the PHP Elastica client: [https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica)
At the moment I'm thinking about how to name the different versions of
Elastica. One approach would be to name my releases after the
elasticsearch releases/tags:
Elastica v0.15.0.1
Elastica v0.15.0.2
Elastica v0.15.1.0
I think this would make sense, because it always describes with which
version the client is compatible. But it does not describe when big
changes are implemented in Elastica.
What do you think? How should I name the different tags in Elastica?
BTW: I create a google group for all discussions concerning Elastica:
[https://groups.google.com/group/elastica-php-client](https://groups.google.com/group/elastica-php-client)
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### Author:  [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163/2 "2011-03-28T07:55:03Z")
Hi Ruffin
> I'm the developer of the PHP Elastica client: [GitHub - ruflin/Elastica: Elastica is a PHP client for elasticsearch](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica)
> At the moment I'm thinking about how to name the different versions of
> Elastica. One approach would be to name my releases after the
> elasticsearch releases/tags:
>
> Elastica v0.15.0.1
> Elastica v0.15.0.2
> Elastica v0.15.1.0
>
> I think this would make sense, because it always describes with which
> version the client is compatible. But it does not describe when big
> changes are implemented in Elastica.
>
> What do you think? How should I name the different tags in Elastica?
I'm the developer of the Perl API Elasticsearch.pm, and I have a similar
issue, especially as occasionally the Elasticsearch API breaks backward
compatibility.
I've just gone for serial version numbers for the moment, and I mention
the target version of ES in the docs. My intention is to sync the
versioning when ES reaches 1.0.
clint
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### Author:  [@ruflin\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin_2)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163/3 "2011-03-29T20:40:10Z")
Hi Clint
Thanks for your feedback. I just checked our your client. At the
moment you are just counting up the versions, right? My problem is,
that sometimes not only elasticsearch is breaking the API, but also I
rewrite parts of my client. To make it clear that a lot of things
changed, I would like to go to the next "higher" version number. But
this will also conflict in the future with the elasticsearch
versioning.
Perhaps it's best to go with my own versioning but always mention the
compatibility as you do?
Still not sure what I should do 🙂
On Mar 28, 9:55 am, Clinton Gormley [clin...@iannounce.co.uk](mailto:clin...@iannounce.co.uk) wrote:
> Hi Ruffin
>
> > I'm the developer of the PHP Elastica client:[GitHub - ruflin/Elastica: Elastica is a PHP client for elasticsearch](https://github.com/ruflin/Elastica)
> > At the moment I'm thinking about how to name the different versions of
> > Elastica. One approach would be to name my releases after the
> > elasticsearch releases/tags:
>
> > Elastica v0.15.0.1
> > Elastica v0.15.0.2
> > Elastica v0.15.1.0
>
> > I think this would make sense, because it always describes with which
> > version the client is compatible. But it does not describe when big
> > changes are implemented in Elastica.
>
> > What do you think? How should I name the different tags in Elastica?
>
> I'm the developer of the Perl API Elasticsearch.pm, and I have a similar
> issue, especially as occasionally the Elasticsearch API breaks backward
> compatibility.
>
> I've just gone for serial version numbers for the moment, and I mention
> the target version of ES in the docs. My intention is to sync the
> versioning when ES reaches 1.0.
>
> clint
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/versioning-of-elastica/4163/4 "2017-07-06T04:09:09Z")