Re: [wtp-dev] Next version after 3.0

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm probably in the minority, but I
think every year should be a full increment. Why? Why not? To me, these
numbers are nearly meaningless so why not assign the meaning "the
yearly release". 
This leaves room for the possibility
that one of the sub-projects, or WTP as a whole, might someday want to
have a December release some years, so these sub-yearly releases would
be the point-x releases. To me, this makes more sense than trying to say
it's related to the functional content, which is pretty subjective. Also,
since we haven't yet planned the next yearly release, I suspect it's hard
to say if it would "deserve" a big increment or small one based
on content.  

And remember, this number has nothing
to do with plugin versions, and little to do with feature versions. (Some
of our sub-projects do not have a "3.0" feature this year, for
example). 

But, most important for now ... I put
the bugzilla entry in there ... while making other updates ... just thinking
we'd need it eventually. With no particular plan in mind. 
Does anyone need a "next release"
target in bugzilla for triaging? 
If so, and if any one projects wants
a 3.1, just ask ... well, actually, I suspect any project lead could add
it themselves via the committers
tools page. 

Thanks,

From:	"Konstantin Komissarchik" <kosta@xxxxxxx>
To:	"General discussion of project-wide or architectural issues." <wtp-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	01/25/2008 11:07 AM
Subject:	[wtp-dev] Next version after 3.0

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I notice that there is already a 4.0 target
in bugzilla. I realize that we’ve created a pattern for ourselves that’s
very hard to break out of, but I think we are sending the wrong message
to the community by being so aggressive in incrementing the version. Should
the next year’s release be 3.1 instead?
 
- Konstantin

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