ok, sounds good. i am not fixated on names.

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jake Mannix <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I guess i still prefer 0.6.1 for maintenance releases (esp. given the
>> short cycle).
>>
>> Another supporting argument against even/odd scheme is that this
>> naming doesn't really reflect the actual level of product maturity
>> (e.g. 1.0 this way ends being a "new-feature-being-unstable-beta"?
>> whereas in reality 1.0 is being read as "wow, it's one rock-solid
>> production grade " by most conventions out there.
>>
>
> no, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12 can still exist, and we don't get to 1.0 until
> we wish to, and as a major version has been bumped, has
> different connotations to the minor number convention.
>
>  -jake
>
>
>>
>> -d
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Geek Gamer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Odd / Even releases for cleanup maintenance vs feature additions looks
>> great.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:58 PM, John Conwell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> I think it sounds like a good idea.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Jake Mannix <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On recent threads on the dev@ list, and discussions off-list, it's
>> pretty
>> >>> clear that we need to have "cleanup" be a priority for the next
>> release.
>> >>>
>> >>> How about this for a formal proposal:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>   -   The 0.7 release will have issues (both new and on JIRA) be
>> primarily
>> >>>   focused on bugfixes / cleanup / API-refactoring / etc, with "new
>> >>>   feature"-work only coming in when it's been pushed off for too long,
>> and
>> >>> is
>> >>>   close to completion.
>> >>>   -   All non-"cleanup" items will still be tracked and discussed, but
>> >>>   JIRA-tickets related to them will be marked 0.8 at the earliest, and
>> they
>> >>>   won't be committed until 0.7 goes out.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> If we're able to wrap this release up cleanly and get quickly moving
>> on to
>> >>> new features again, maybe we can try this on a more regular basis, with
>> >>> even releases being feature-work, and odd releases being maintenance
>> and
>> >>> cleanup (and hopefully having much shorter turnaround time).
>> >>>
>> >>> What say ye?
>> >>>
>> >>>  -jake
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> John C
>>

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