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Honestly automatic numbering is going to be a problem - no matter how it is set. Depending on current usage of calibre, various users need this field to do something different from the next user.
I've been busy entering books into calibre lately. And I've found series with missing books (the 1, 3-5, missing #2 situation) and adding the latest book to the series situation. No matter which situation I came across the numbering was just kind of annoying.
Their are really only two logical possible settings: No Automatic Numbering, or Highest +1.
Missing Number does not make sense because in some situations this would still result in wildly inappropriate numbering. For instance, if you've got several gaps in a hugely popular series (Dr. Who, Star Trek, Superman, Goosebumps, Hardy Boys, Inuyasha, etc) it would default to the lowest missing book number - which will probably still be incorrect.
Technically Highest +1 has the same type of problem, but at least after the initial series set up the majority of users would find it acceptable. If we're going to have some automatic numbering sceme, this makes the most sense.
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