If I had loved ones invovled in 9/11, *I* would not want everyone walking around on eggshells at every possible combination of the numbers 9 and 11. I think it's disrespectful. So I vote for 0.9.11 if that makes sense technically.
However, 0.10.0 sounds good too. I think 1.0 would backfire. On Nov 30, 2007 8:29 AM, Curtis Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about a quick, friendly, positive, informal thread here to do a poll on > what what folks are thinking for the next version number. > > I don't intend to slant the discussion, but here is what I'm thinking. > > 0.9.11 is the next in the logical sequence. But I'd like to avoid possible > unintended connections that end users might interpret from such a version > number. This has nothing to do with terrorism, they don't care what version > numbers we use or don't use. There is no "fear" involved in wanting to > avoid using this number. Try "respect". It might have something to do with > showing respect to those that were affected by 9/11 and those many heros > that gave up their lives without hesitation to try to save the lives of > others. I don't fault people who live outside of the USA or who have never > been to New York or were never near ground zero for not "getting it", > there's an awful lot of stuff outside my little sphere of vision that I will > never understand. But give me a break, what's the problem with yielding a > small amount of leeway and respect to those that were affected by 9/11 or > had connections there? > > We could skip over to 0.9.12, but then we are staring in the face of 0.9.13 > and are we going to run into problems if we pick a version # 13? I wore > number 13 in my soccer (err futbol) game the other evening and missed all my > shots. I wore a different number last night and scored two goals. These > facts cannot be ignored! > > We could go with 0.10.0, but then all the odd/even version number proponents > are going to come out of the woodwork, and that is going to mire in it's own > set of politics. > > We could go with v1.0 ... we've been at this 10 years, and averaging 0.1 > versions a year isn't so bad. This is my preference. FlightGear is > developing at a rapid rate, but if we stick with 0.9.12, 0.9.13, 0.9.14 it > seems like we are bumping along with very minor increments every few (or > many) months. > > Of course this all boils down to marketing. Who cares what the actual > numbers are really, as long as they increment in a sensible way. But what > image do we want to project to the world? > > Are we a bunch of old cranky developers (it looks that way sometimes!) :-) > inching along at a snails pace, or are we a dynamic exciting group with fast > paced development continually adding new and exciting features and aircraft? > We've been at this 10 years, have we really only managed a 0.9.x release in > all that time? Again, not that version number really mean anything, other > than to project our image to the world. > > I say it's "go time". :-) > > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/ > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > -- Hans Fugal Fugal Computing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
