Question

what’s your strategy to increase build number?

Answer 1

Most software has a hierarchy of version numbers:

1. The “marketing” version number (like “Windows 7”)
2. The major version number – usually incremented when there’s a major new version that breaks some compatibility with a previous version, adds a major new capability, requires purchasing an upgrade, or more.
3. The minor version number – upgraded every time there’s a bug-fix or minor feature enhancement that’s released to the public
4. The build number – this should be incremented every time any change is made to the program, so that if someone finds a problem in a nightly build or beta-test version, you can identify exactly which version was being tested. This number is often a revision number directly from your version control system like Subversion, or a timestamp, or something similar that makes it easy for you to roll back the code to that version if necessary.