[slonopotamus]

> My preferred course of action in such situations is not specify a version at all.

This doesn't work because, well, I do make releases and they need some numbers)

[crabbone]

That's a contradiction. You cannot release a software that you didn't release. :)

If you release it, it has to start with version one. Zero is for non-released versions.

[slonopotamus]

Okay, let's call them "labeled code snapshots")