On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:05:45 +1100, Lex wrote:
Heyho,
Big new changes are actually better to go in a new version series.
I'm guessing from your proposal of 0.9 that you want to follow the GTK method, odd point releases are unstable and even ones stable.
But I don't think that fits with Geany which has a looooong release cycle and tests from the repository rather than making test releases, release candidates etc. Of course we could release more often but I don't see the point of doing that just for unstable releases. If its unstable we shouldn't release it.
Full ACK (seldom enough that Lex and me agree so much on a topic :D). I also don't think 0.9x versions make much sense. Geany didn't have much beta releases at all in the past.
Also, I guess that most of Lex' list of things to do won't happen all in one single release which would need betas and stuff. I think it's more probable, that this would be an ongoing process and as such, subsequent releases as before would perfectly fit (also to not stretch the release cycle even more). And independently of the version number, hell, it's just a number.
Regards, Enrico