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for major and minor versions that is the same concept here again:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms415091.aspx

<List
  BaseType = "Integer" | "Text"
  Default = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  DefaultItemOpen = "Integer"
  Description = "Text"
  Direction = "Text"
  DisableAttachments = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  DraftVersionVisibility = "Integer"
  EnableContentTypes = "TRUE" | "FALSE"  EnableMinorVersions = "TRUE" | "FALSE"  EnableThumbnails = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  EventSinkAssembly = "Text"
  EventSinkClass = "Text"
  EventSinkData = "Text"
  FolderCreation = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Id = "GUID"
  ModeratedList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ModerationType = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Name = "Text"
  OrderedList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  PrivateList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  QuickLaunchUrl = "URL"
  RootWebOnly = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ThumbnailSize = "Integer"
  Title = "Text"
  Type = "Integer"
  Url = "URL"
  URLEncode = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  VersioningEnabled = "TRUE" | "FALSE" 
  WebImageHeight = "Integer"
  WebImageWidth = "Integer">
</List>

you append the above within the schema.xml that belongs to the list with the elements.xml

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms459356.aspx

you can do it through code:

as an example:

SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];
list.EnableVersioning = true;

so the above can be simply added to your code when your creating the list:

somthing on the lines of:

//get web object from context
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
//get list collection
SPListCollection lists = Web.Lists;
//add list to list collection
lists.Add("My List", "My list for user input form", SPListTemplateType.GenericList);
//call list that we just made
SPList newMyList = Web.Lists["My List"];
//enable versioning on that list
newMyList.EnableVersioning = true;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splist.enableversioning.aspx

you can do it through code:

as an example:

SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];
list.EnableVersioning = true;

so the above can be simply added to your code when your creating the list:

somthing on the lines of:

//get web object from context
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
//get list collection
SPListCollection lists = Web.Lists;
//add list to list collection
lists.Add("My List", "My list for user input form", SPListTemplateType.GenericList);
//call list that we just made
SPList newMyList = Web.Lists["My List"];
//enable versioning on that list
newMyList.EnableVersioning = true;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splist.enableversioning.aspx

EDIT

i get you! when adding the list using vs2012 you can go into the xml of the list (Elements.xml ):

<ListInstance 
  CustomSchema = string
  Description = "Text"
  DocumentTemplate = integer
  FeatureId = "Text"
  Hidden = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  HyperlinkBaseUrl = string
  Id = Text
  OnQuickLaunch = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  QuickLaunchUrl = "Text"
  RootWebOnly = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  TemplateType = Integer
  Title = "Text"
  Url = "Text"
  VersioningEnabled = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
</ListInstance>

the above is appended within the list elements.xml as you can see within ListInstance you have VersioningEnabled, just add that like so: VersioningEnabled = true and versioning is enabled to that custom list.

you can do it through code:

as an example:

SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];
list.EnableVersioning = true;

so the above can be simply added to your code when your creating the list:

somthing on the lines of:

SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

SPListCollection lists = Web.Lists;

lists.Add("My List", "My list for user input form", SPListTemplateType.GenericList);

SPList newMyList = Web.Lists["My List"];

newMyList.EnableVersioning = true;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splist.enableversioning.aspx

you can do it through code:

as an example:

SPList list = web.Lists["My List"];
list.EnableVersioning = true;

so the above can be simply added to your code when your creating the list:

somthing on the lines of:

//get web object from context
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
//get list collection
SPListCollection lists = Web.Lists;
//add list to list collection
lists.Add("My List", "My list for user input form", SPListTemplateType.GenericList);
//call list that we just made
SPList newMyList = Web.Lists["My List"];
//enable versioning on that list
newMyList.EnableVersioning = true;

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.splist.enableversioning.aspx