Another way of looking at it might be to ask the question what would make a great 1.0 release? What new features would be awesome? What might get people more excited?
Having a 1.0 might make the project look like it has attained a real milestone. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrzej Bialecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:38 PM > To: nutch-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Next release - 0.10.0 or 1.0.0 ? > > Hi all, > > I know it's a trivial issue, but still ... When this release is out, I > propose that we should name the next release 1.0.0, and not 0.10.0. The > effect is purely psychological, but it also reflects our confidence in > the platform. > > Many Open Source projects are afraid of going to 1.0.0 and seem to be > unable to ever reach this level, as if it were a magic step beyond > which > they are obliged to make some implied but unjustified promises ... > Perhaps it's because in the commercial world everyone knows what a > 1.0.0 > release means :) The downside of the version numbering that never > reaches 1.0.0 is that casual users don't know how usable the software > is > - e.g. Nutch 0.10.0 could possibly mean that there are still 90 > releases > to go before it becomes usable. > > Therefore I propose the following: > > * shorten the release cycle, so that we can make a release at least > once > every quarter. This was discussed before, and I hope we can make it > happen, especially with the help of new forces that joined the team ;) > > * call the next version 1.0.0, and continue in increments of 0.1.0 for > each bi-monhtly or quarterly release, > > * make critical bugfix / maintenance releases using increments of 0.0.1 > - although the need for such would be greatly diminished with the > shorter release cycle. > > * once we arrive at versions greater than x.5.0 we should plan for a > big > release (increment of 1.0.0). > > * we should use only single digits for small increments, i.e. limit > them > to values between 0-9. > > What do you think? > > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __________________________________ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com
