2.5x wasn't supposed to be the final goal was it? Was it not 2.6 that would be recognised as stable? Maybe I am wrong there, but I do think that the decision on the version name shouldn't be based only/largely on such technical reasons. Thankfully, i've got no urge to say anything else!
On 4/10/10, Campbell Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Jeroen Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> The impact of changing a version number: >> For every release increase mayor: 3.0, 4.0 -> we can only make mayor 7 >> releases (limitation in file format) >> so I disagree with mayor increase, except if we can find a way to place >> this in the current file format >> remove the last digit 2.5, 2.6 -> we have to go to increase the mayor >> within 2 years file format can hold 33 releases before reaching the >> limitation >> >> Current way: we can still do 240 releases. >> When choosing a new version numbering, it has bigger technical impacts. >> File reader, upwards and downwards compatibility. >> The current implementation also has some drawbacks: >> patches are not recognized (249a, 249b) when a big patch has to be done >> impacting DNA+conversion it can not be placed in the filereader without >> tricking. >> >> So IMO: mayor.minor.patch + (2.5.1, 2.6.0) > > Thanks Jeroen for bringing this aspect of version numbering up. > I'm not really interested in discussing this but for the record, agree > with your comments above, +1 > > One other reason I'd hold back from 3.0x is the api for the first > release of 2.5x wont be at all stable for a while. > - Catch 22, people wont test until a release and we dont have the > resources for really good evaluation of our apis, so a few iterations > is normally needed. > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > -- Sent from my mobile device >From Luke _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
