Open Horizon should more completely support semantic versioning (semver). Currently oniy: "N", "N.N", and "N.N.N" semvers are supported.

Overview

I think we should fully support the current semver syntax, semver 2.0 (https://semver.org).

Design

Likely this would require multiple changes.

User Experience

Users often use the widely known semver syntax (e.g., "1.0.1.23" or "2.1.5-beta") only to have this rejected by Open Horizon.

Command Line Interface

(none)

External Components

(none)

Affected Components

(unknown – likely many)

Security

(none)

APIs

Likely there would be corresponding API changes.

Build, Install, Packaging

(none)

Documentation Notes

This new feature would have to be documented, of course.

Test

This new feature would have to be tested, of course.