[Grok-dev] Re: Release naming convention revisited...

[Sebastian Ware]

okidoki. I won't fuzz about it :)

Mvh Sebastian

15 okt 2007 kl. 12.27 skrev Philipp von Weitershausen:

> Sebastian Ware wrote:
>> But it is still confusing with regards to the maturity of the  
>> code. Haven't we overintellectualised this, rather than kept it  
>> simple and intuitive for the casual observer?
>
> I don't think so. Version numbers must be predictable and  
> interpretable for both humans and machines. Version numbers a la  
> x.y.z fulfil both requirements. In addition to that, we've adopted  
> the following policy:
>
> x denotes a major release
> y denotes a minor (feature) release
> z denotes a bugfix release
>
> Consistency is important.
>
>>>> JW comment is rather amusing. People were quite hot on the idea  
>>>> of calling the last release 0.10 rather than (the more  
>>>> intuitive) 0.9.x.
>>>> I suggest we skip the the confusion of 0.10, 0.11, 0.12... and  
>>>> go back to the 0.9.x convention. It will be a lot easier for  
>>>> outsiders and ourselves too... :)
>
> No can do. We released 0.10 and 0.10.1 already. Unless you  
> completely want to destroy the meaning of version numbers, they  
> must always increase. Always.
>
>>> The only "mistake" - if you can call it that - is that we were  
>>> too soon too close to 1.0 with the released versions.
>
> Well, we originally wanted to release 1.0 much earlier. In fact, I  
> wish we had kept the focus on getting a 1.0 out. Then again, it's  
> not too late. Let's try and make a 0.11 real soon and focus on 1.0  
> after that.
>
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