Bryen M. Yunashko wrote:
From a marketing perspective, I'm not really expecting to see huge numbers for the upcoming 11.3 release. I'm not expecting to see huge writeups out there about 11.3. I'm not expecting to hear a lot of buzz out there about 11.3. For one simple reason. The dot three sounds simply like a minor update to the family of openSUSE 11 product line.
Which is what it ought to be if our versioning had any meaning.
You and I both know that really isn't the case. Each release we put out there is an improvement, an enhancement, and yes even a patch to previous versions. There can be many new things in there, and there can be some old things that *work better* in there (we hope!).
Improvements, enhancements and patches all make for minor releases. "Many new things" combined could possibly make for a major release, but in my opinion only if they affect the base system.
So, let's take a step back from talking about versioning schemes a bit and get to the real heart of the matter here. Defining clearly what each release is supposed to mean and if its a set of releases (e.g. 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3) then explain what our overall goals were for that particular line and what our new goals are for 12.0 and its successors.
This is exactly the kind of planning I have been talking about. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org