On Jun 8, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Nicola Pero wrote: > But - you're right that we should bump it, so I bumped it :-) > I suppose we could bump it again when we get into phase 3, when we're finished > with the changes.
No. The next number is for the next release, and ideally, we want to sit on it for another 10 years or so. We offer no compatibility before the RM says, done with the release. Up until then, you can twiddle, after that, no more changes to the abi, though, you can bug fix it.