Quoting Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -0.5 to using odd for stable, and even for development > > The model of parallel stable and development branches is similar to > numerous other projects, including the Linux kernel and Perl, except that > the meaning of the sub-version numbers is **reversed** in Bill's proposal. > While I am not saying we should copy the Linux and Perl versioning "just > because", I am suggesting that it is counter-intuitive and confusing to > end-users (and suits!) who are familiar with them. Therefore, I would > like to see X.even == stable and X.odd == development.
To me, as an Apache user (and would-be developer), this makes sense. Why not tag the current CVS head as 2.1.0 (unstable) and then work towards a stable 2.2? This would achieve two goals within the user/developer community: - show them that the versioning system changed and give them time to get used to it by spreading the word - let them now that the time to break the API is now, if they want the change to appear in the next stable release - look forward (positively) to the next "stable stable" release, which will even guarantee a great deal of binary compatibility - make significant psychological impact with 2.2 as compared to 2.0, which would convey the meaning of "stable stable" release more convincingly - let them know that the moment 2.2 has settled, the new development branch will be created (2.3) I reckon one of the main reasons for slow Apache 2 adoption is the fact that PHP and Perl are still in their early stages of offically supporting it. So, maybe it would be a good idea to target 2.2 to be released in some sort of loose coordination with those projects. Jakarta has excellent support for Apache 2 (mod_jk - stable, mod_jk2- beta, I think), so that should be already covered. All this, together with its own performance and scaleability improvements, would give Apache 2.2 a much better chance to grab serious numbers quickly. Bojan PS. Current RedHat Rawhide has 2.0.40 in it and no traces of 1.3.x. This is excellent news!
