I would echo this, I also like the idea of the version number reflecting
the stability of the data directory structure on disk.
--
Jody Garnett
On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 at 10:36, Chris Snider <chris.sni...@polarisalpha.com>
wrote:
> Just a thought;
>
>
>
> Many businesses and governments will grant a project authority to include
> a major level of a product, for example GeoServer 2.x. If GeoServer moves
> to a version numbering scheme that adjusts the commonly viewed major
> version number, then these users may not be able to upgrade as readily.
> These types of institutions have a longer lead time to approve major
> upgrades from 2.x to 3.x etc.
>
>
>
> Chris Snider
>
> Senior Software Engineer
>
> [image: cid:image001.png@01D2E6A5.9104F820]
>
>
>
> *From:* Andrea Aime [mailto:andrea.a...@geo-solutions.it]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:33 AM
> *To:* Geoserver-devel <geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> *Subject:* [Geoserver-devel] Thinking out loud... should the next
> GeoServer be "GeoServer 22.0"?
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> thinking out loud, so don't take me too seriously but... should we follow
> the GeoTools example and
>
> switch GeoServer version numbering to a "x.y" approach, just like GeoTools
> did?
>
>
>
> I keep on having people asking me things like "but is Geoserver 2.13.1
> much different than 2.8.3?"
>
> Heck yes, it's years of development in between... it's a major jump, even
> if the number may not make
>
> it look like that.
>
>
>
> GeoServer 1.x ended at 1.7, so GeoServer 2.14.0 should likely be renamed
> to 22 (7 + 14 + 1, counting
>
> also 2.0.0 in the mix).
>
>
>
> We were keeping 3.x for a "epic storm" kind of change, but even when we
> switched to 2.x we maintained
>
> seamless upgrades, so I guess it's not just in our style to do that kind
> of change, and we can probably
>
> drop the "2."
>
>
>
> Opinions?
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrea
>
>
>
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