OpenMoko-0.5 or whatever scheme is already in place.
-2007 and -2008 so far. We might have 200x.y at some point.
Hm. I think using year-names is not a good choice for software
versions (mainly talking about stable releases).
It psychologically forces you to do one major release every year. But
if you do it twice a year you run into troubles.
MS used Windows 95, NT, 2000, XP, Vista and Service Packs, etc.
Apple uses 10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard) and
fractional numbers etc.
What I really found confusing is Maemo and the Nokia tablets. I know
that I have a N770
but I would have to spend too much time to find what is the latest
release that runs on my device.
So it is now used as a paperweight :-(
If you take a look on PalmOS, I always hated that I cannot install my
PalmOS version X.Y to my device, because it's only for new hardware.
Yes, like Maemo 3.0 that is to my knowledge not available for the
Nokia 770
(and if I do not spend the time to find out, how should a consumer do?).
AFAIK, there will be only one software name for all (future) Neo
devices, so how to name it and understand that you need *minimum*
version 2008.0 to use with your device (for example) ?
And the opposite, could you upgrade your Neo1973 GTA01v4 with the
OpenMoko-2009.2 ?
Yes, that is IMHO a very important requirement:
*every* new stable release should run on *all* older hardware (at
least up to 3 or 4 years!).
But it *may* have limitations in supporting new features and provide
some fall-back.
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