Referring to the version number discussion, I've been given to understand here
http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=20137#p185619 that there have been already "core developers referring to the next release as 2.12" a while ago who would now be "obviously pretty annoyed about it [i.e. me arguing for 3.0]". It hasn't been my intention to annoy anyone by opening an already closed discussion, neither do I have a particularly strong opinion on the point, just an opinion. I do not know if the statements quoted above are correct, if there is really a generally accepted set of goals for 3.0 or not, or whether people feel annoyed or not. I took TorstenD's post > As of today, the set of new features should be complete. The usual > question at this point is: What version number will we give to the new > release? > Are we ready for a 3.0 or is it 2.12? for a genuine question indicating that the issue would be open, in response to which I summarized by opinion and stated my case. Since I am not aware of any other occasions where project milestones are publicly discussed, I attach a fairly high importance to these discussions hoping that a picture emerges of what is going on. I am well aware that such discussions are not always pleasant, but in my opinion having unpleasant discussions is still better for project coherence than developing in fractured groups which talk only among the group but do not participate in public discussions. In case this wasn't meant as a genuine question and I missed a hint from somewhere, I would like to apologize for needlessly opening an issue which is apparently already settled. I would also like to clearly state that I regard version numbers as an essentially minor issue (with some PR value attached to it). In comparison to 2.0, I see several novel systems leave the experimental stage and reach maturity, which in combination now lead to a quite different user experience, and that's what drives my opinion. If there are already other criteria defined and generally agreed upon, I apologize for missing the point. * Thorsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
