Hi Sebastian Absolutely. That's one of the things we should do in the next release: * proper release naming * proper labeling in SVN
I came up with a slightly different naming scheme, though. If we want to be understood by users with less technical background a release name "0.10.1-r1566" could be quite cryptic. Why not simply call it "2010.01" (first release in 2010), 2010.02, etc. ? There won't be more than 4 releases a year anyway. I don't really see the need for a version number with three levels of increments. See for instance Ubuntu release numbering: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/about-ubuntu/C/version-numbers.html Regards Karl Am 08.02.2010 21:49, schrieb Sebastian Klein: > Hi, > > I was wondering, why we still have revision numbers for the releases. I > assume, most users won't know the concept of software revisions (and > don't care) but are much more familiar with handy version numbers. > > The fact that the version of the plugins is one magnitude higher than > the JOSM number, has caused some confusion, as well. > > It would be a little more work for the maintainer, but I think it's > feasible. :) > > For the last 10 tested versions it could look like this, for example: > > 0.10.1-r1566 > 0.11.1-r1607 > 0.12.1-r1669 > 0.13.1-r1788 > 0.14.1-r1981 > 0.15.1-r2221 > 0.15.2-r2255 > 0.16.1-r2552 > 0.16.2-r2554 > 0.16.3-r2561 > > (Start with some arbitrary positive number as minor version and > increment the minor version for each new tested. Bug fix follow ups > could get a third level number. A Zero as major version would indicate > the beta state and that bugs are to be expected. Finally append the > revision number.) > > I am open for other suggestions, though. > > JOSM has a lot of unconventional behavior (e.g. editing modes, right > mouse click panning, the whole Java handling, webkit installation, > etc.). The revision numbers alone are not a big deal, but the small > hurdles add up and at each stage, a certain fraction of users gives up. > It would be nice, if we could also reach more people with only little > technical skills. > > __ > > Basti > > > P.S.: > > Interesting, there has been a release in each month. > > r1566 | 2009-04-30 15:59:56 +0200 (Thu, 30 Apr 2009) > r1607 | 2009-05-20 16:08:00 +0200 (Wed, 20 May 2009) > r1669 | 2009-06-14 17:34:52 +0200 (Sun, 14 Jun 2009) > r1788 | 2009-07-14 18:20:56 +0200 (Tue, 14 Jul 2009) > r1981 | 2009-08-18 15:21:37 +0200 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) > r2221 | 2009-09-30 21:04:36 +0200 (Wed, 30 Sep 2009) > r2255 | 2009-10-07 21:25:15 +0200 (Wed, 07 Oct 2009) > r2552 | 2009-11-30 00:02:22 +0100 (Mon, 30 Nov 2009) > r2554 | 2009-11-30 13:48:36 +0100 (Mon, 30 Nov 2009) > r2561 | 2009-12-01 21:37:23 +0100 (Tue, 01 Dec 2009) > > - no, wait - December doesn't count and January is just over.. :) > > > _______________________________________________ > josm-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev > > _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
