What "version naming convention" do you use?

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Are different version naming conventions suited to different projects? What do you use and why?

Personally, I prefer a build number in hexadecimal (e.g 11BCF), this should be incremented very regularly. And then for customers a simple 3 digit version number, i.e. 1.1.3.

1.2.3 (11BCF) <- Build number, should correspond with a revision in source control
^ ^ ^
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| | +--- Minor bugs, spelling mistakes, etc.
| +----- Minor features, major bug fixes, etc.
+------- Major version, UX changes, file format changes, etc.

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