On 10/21/2014 12:21 PM, jp charras wrote: > Le 20/10/2014 17:33, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> I'm going to comment on everything posted thus far. I don't have time >> to reply on each individual comment. I will say that I am not terribly >> thrilled with date style version. I'm not absolutely sure if it causes >> grief for package management systems such as apt-get or yum. I'm fine >> with starting at whatever stable release version the next one would be. >> I believe it would be 3.0.0 or 4.0.0 since I've been with the project >> but JP would know for sure. Actually we would likely not have minor >> point releases like 3.1.0 because of project policy of not backporting >> features. The only changes we will make to the stable branch is for >> bugs that cause kicad to crash or loss and/or corruption of data. The >> only way I see this changing is if we have a huge influx of new >> developers willing to take on that task. Since we will be providing >> nightly builds of binary installers in the not too distant future, users >> who don't mind bleeding on the edge can help test new features in the >> development branch. I don't think that is unfair to ask users to help >> contribute to the testing. >> > > I am fine with a bzr rev as version id for the product (testing) > versions, and the major, minor, sub-minor number to identify a stable > version. > > Currently: > We could consider the 1.0.0 version is the first kicad version still > available (year 2007) (board files (.brd), 32 layers, 0.1 mil internal unit) > A lot of major enhancements were made over the years, but no disruptive > change. > A major (disruptive) change (2.0.0) is the new .kicad_pcb board file > format (32 layers, 1 nanometer internal unit) > This is the current stable version. > > The next major change (3.0.0) is a change of .kicad_pcb board file > format to support more layers (64 layers and more), the fully working > version of P&S router and the fp lib table, and use of plugins to read > GPCB and Eagle footprint files. > > therefore the new stable version is 3.0.0, and perhaps 4.0.0 with the > KIWAY version and more python wizards. >
3.0.0 sounds good to me. Wayne _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
