David Webber writes:
| From: "Guido Gonzato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|
| > and many others. A more complete list will be available in the
| upcoming
| > ABC 2.0.0 draft.
|
| On that topic, let me add that the jump from 1.6 to 2 (rather than
| 1.7) seems well merited by the introduction of parallel voices,
| which is a very big improvement in capability.

Maybe not. There is a fairly well-established convention in
the  computer  biz  that the first digit should change only
when you break backward compatibility.  The V  lines  don't
break any pre-existing abc.  They are a pure extension, not
a change of any sort. So this should probably not warrant a
jump to a version starting with "2.".

Of course, such things are merely conventions, and lots  of
companies have violated them.  A big number change is often
done for marketing purposes, to convince  users  that  it's
something they should spend money on.

I guess it mostly seems silly to see that we'd  be  telling
people that there are two versions of abc, 1.6 and 2.  This
sounds like a parody of how computer people do things.

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