? ? On 7 October 2015 at 16:42, Richard Hipp <drh at sqlite.org> wrote:
> The release checklist for version 3.8.12 > (https://www.sqlite.org/checklists/3081200/index) is now active. The > 3.8.12 release will occur when the checklist goes all-green. > > A preliminary change log for version 3.8.12 can be seen at > https://www.sqlite.org/draft/releaselog/3_8_12.html and preliminary > documentation can be seen at https://www.sqlite.org/draft/ > > If you have issues or concerns with the current SQLite trunk, please > speak up *now*. > > ?Hi?, ?Thanks for the great work! PS: I am sorry to repeat that once more but based on the extensive list of new features in this "minor release": would you elaborate what? is the benefit of using x.y.z versioning scheme if so many new features come to the "z" release? I've heard that "Users are expected to compile sqlite by hand" but as we all know Linux distributions ship them and reject apps that own a copy of SQLite. Then when some projects start to depend on features that came in 3.8.12, distributions do not seem to care about that. Any 3.8.z is considered compatible. This is how 99.(9)% of software is versioned. For now users won't notice that <=3.8.12 is installed, and checking of that is delegated to the each application's runtime or to the specific packaging rules. So is there any hope for 3.9 or 4.x to have more traditional versioning: having a distinction between patch releases and minor releases, where only the latter allows for new features? SQLite evolves so quickly that I know we would have version like 3.40.z by now. And that would be much better... -- > D. Richard Hipp > drh at sqlite.org > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-dev mailing list > sqlite-dev at mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-dev > -- regards, Jaroslaw Staniek KDE: : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org Calligra Suite: : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org Kexi: : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi Qt Certified Specialist: : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
