On 2/12/20 8:57 AM, Colin Law wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 at 16:44, Peter West <[email protected]> wrote: >> So is there a release called 3.x?
More directly, there is no "3.x" release. There have been 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 releases in the 3.x series. Where "x" stands for the minor release number. > The first digit is the major release number, so the current major > release number is 3 and the next major release will be the first one > starting with 4. The second digit is the minor release number, so 3.7 > is major release 3, minor 7. > > This is known as Sematic Versioning, GC doesn't stick exactly to this > concept but it is pretty close > https://semver.org/ > > Colin > >> Only a few days ago, someone said that he had upgrades from 3.x, and was >> asked just which release he had upgraded from, which is a perfectly >> reasonable question. >> >> All I can do is repeat my previous question, but I’m beginning to doubt I’ll >> get an answer. It’s like dealing with Pope Francis, who relishes ambiguity. >> >> Peter >> >> -- >> Peter West >> [email protected] >> “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual >> immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, >> sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.” >> >>> On 13 Feb 2020, at 1:21 am, David Carlson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I believe Derek said 3.x is a major release and 3.0 is the first minor >>> release in that series. >>> >>> David Carlson >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 9:08 AM Peter West <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> So it is correct to say that 3.0 was the major release, and that 3.1, 3.2. >>> etc were all subsequent minor releases? >>> >>> Saying 3.x is the major release is ambiguous, to say the least. In that >>> case, 3.1, 3.2, etc would all be major releases, because they all qualify >>> as 3.x. >>> >>> It took me a while to work out what you were saying, and maybe I still >>> haven’t. >>> >>> Peter >>> -- >>> Peter West >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual >>> immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, >>> sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.” >>> >>>> On 13 Feb 2020, at 12:54 am, Derek Atkins <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Please remember to CC gnucash-user on all replies... >>>> >>>> Peter West <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> writes: >>>> >>>>> I assume that you mean: >>>>> 3.0 is the major release, and 3.1, 3.2. etc are all the minor releases. >>>>> So the >>>>> next major release will be 4.0. >>>>> >>>>> Is this the case? >>>> I said exactly what I mean. >>>> >>>> Technically, 3.0 was the first of the 3.x major-release cycle, and 3.1, >>>> 3.2, etc were all subsequent minor releases of the 3.x major-release >>>> cycle. The next major release will be 4.x, starting with 4.0 as its >>>> first release in the 4.x release cycle. >>>> >>>>> On 12 Feb 2020, at 2:12 am, Derek Atkins <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> First, note that we changed the numbering scheme between 2.x and 3.x. >>>>> This means that 2.0, 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 are all *major* releases, with >>>>> minor releases denoted in the third number. Whereas 3.x is the major >>>>> release and 3.0, 3.1, etc. are all the minor releases. >>>> -derek >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.ihtfp.com >>>> <http://www.ihtfp.com/> >>>> Computer and Internet Security Consultant -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM [email protected] [email protected] 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
