I prefer 2.0.0 for the first stable release. It totally makes sense for people coming from Dataflow 1.x and I can already envision the confusion between Beam 1.5 and Dataflow 1.5.
On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 at 07:42 Jean-Baptiste Onofré <j...@nanthrax.net> wrote: > Hi Davor, > > > For a Beam community perspective, 1.0.0 would make more sense. We have a > fair number of people starting with Beam (without knowing Dataflow). > > However, as Dataflow SDK (origins of Beam) was in 1.0.0, in order to > avoid confusion with users coming to Beam from Dataflow, 2.0.0 could help. > > I have a preference to 1.0.0 anyway, but I would understand starting > from 2.0.0. > > Regards > JB > > On 03/01/2017 07:56 PM, Davor Bonaci wrote: > > The first stable release is our next major project-wide goal; see > > discussion in [1]. I've been referring to it as "the first stable > release" > > for a long time, not "1.0.0" or "2.0.0" or "2017" or something else, to > > make sure we have an unbiased discussion and a consensus-based decision > on > > this matter. > > > > I think that now is the time to consider the appropriate designation for > > our first stable release, and formally make a decision on it. A > reasonable > > choices could be "1.0.0" or "2.0.0", perhaps there are others. > > > > 1.0.0: > > * It logically comes after the current series, 0.x.y. > > * Most people would expect it, I suppose. > > * A possible confusion between Dataflow SDKs and Beam SDKs carrying the > > same number. > > > > 2.0.0: > > * Follows the pattern some other projects have taken -- continuing their > > version numbering scheme from their previous origin. > > * Better communicates project's roots, and degree of maturity. > > * May be unexpected to some users. > > > > I'd invite everyone to share their thoughts and preferences -- names are > > important and well correlated with success. Thanks! > > > > Davor > > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c35067071aec9029d9100ae973c629 > > 9aa919c31d0de623ac367128e2@%3Cdev.beam.apache.org%3E > > > > -- > Jean-Baptiste Onofré > jbono...@apache.org > http://blog.nanthrax.net > Talend - http://www.talend.com >
