2007/9/26, Fabian Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Version numbers ARE marketing.
bad marketing when dealing with technical software imho. especially F/OSS software. > Even if that marketing targets technical people. i agree. But for me a consistent roadmap is a sign of good technical health of the project. With project leaders who know what they are doing. when evaluating software, i'm always concerned when there are gaps in the numbering scheme. You can never know what it means : unreleased version due to showstoppers ? enthusiastic marketing ? uncertainty is never a good thing when looking at a software history. symfony is aimed at being an "enterprise" framework. Thus it will be evaluated by consulting companies who care about this kind of things. > It is the very first indicator of maturity (but hehe, you should > keep your promises here). The difference between version numbers is an > indicator for change. And, as said also for compatibility indication. indeed. imo : * going from 0.6.3 to 1.0.0 means : you are now using stable software * going from 1.0.0 to 1.0.x means : minor security / feature fix, absolute BC * going from 1.0.x to 1.1.x means : new features & bugfixes, manageable BC breaks * going from 1.x to 2.x means : unmanageable BC breaks * going from 1.0 to 1.5 means : WTF ? > If you are really just interested in the technical numbering a build or > revision number might be enough for you. > Hey its symfony r8343! i'm interested in meaningful numbering > Doesn't sound exiting? not quite. but neither does 1.5 nor 1.1. The exciting part is the changelog, and if you really want product name marketing, i guess we should try to have "named" releases : * 0.6.3 - André Rieux * 1.0.0 - Schubert * 1.1.0 - Chopin > For me +1.5 for 1.5! ^^ ++ tristan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
