On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Hendrik Leppkes <h.lepp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Ganesh Ajjanagadde <gajja...@mit.edu> wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Ben Boeckel <maths...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Sun, 11 Oct, 2015 at 16:34:51 GMT, Ganesh Ajjanagadde wrote: >>>> That is a long time hopefully (estimated 15+ years), unless gcc starts >>>> pulling a "fast release" cycle like Firefox or Chrome. >>> >>> Sort of. Old point releases will be major version number bumps (GCC 6 is >>> under development already). >> >> Guess they are transitioning to the "move fast" style. I am >> deliberately avoiding the "and break things" aspect of "move fast and >> break things" out of perhaps misplaced optimism. >> > > Changing the versioning scheme doesn't necessarily change the > development speed. Just inflates the major version faster.
Strictly speaking, yes. But normally what I have observed is that a project's decision to start bumping versions more often is tied to some increase in development intensity, bringing with it the associated breakage. Furthermore, this is just a trend, not a binary change. > > - Hendrik > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
