David Brewer wrote : > Chopin > Schubert? Are you trying to cause some kind of classical > music flame war? ;-) > > More seriously, I just wanted to express my preference for sticking > with a steady version number scheme. I agree with Tristan that the > jump to 1.x made sense because it communicated stability, and a jump > to 2.x will make sense when the changes are major enough that users > should expect serious breakage. Otherwise I don't see much benefit to > be gained in engaging in the version number arms-race game.
My own feeling is that jumping to a 1.5 version number wouldn't be a number race, the goal is different. This version is a major improvement of the architecture of Symfony 1.0, and I guess that there won't be any other such great change in the Symfony 1.x family before the launch of Symfony 2.0. This version could therefore be seen as an intermediate version, the final great improvement before a brand new architecture, which development has already started. Sure, you can consider that the proposal of a 1.5 number is only a marketing numbering. Sure, you can choose to stick to mechanic numbers. But being mechanical has never been proved to be the most clever way of doing things. From my point of view, stamping this new release with a "1.5" number would be a great way to communicate about Symfony, as it would show to non-specialists that the framework is living and improving fast. If calling this new release "Symfony 1.5" instead of a pale "Symfony 1.1" permits to spread Symfony and make more people gain an interest for it, then there is no doubt that it is what we have to do, no matter the numbering you saw in some other OSS projects. xavier -- Xavier Lacot http://www.clever-age.com Clever Age - conseil en architecture technique Tél: +33 1 53 34 66 10 Fax: +33 1 53 34 65 20 Clever Age vous invite à ses petits-déjeuners http://www.clever-age.com/actualites/petits-dejeuners/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
