[Geany] version numbers - Re: Quo vadis, Geany?

[Ben West]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Ben West <mrgenixus at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Frank Lanitz <frank at frank.uvena.de>wrote:
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>> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:45:27 +0100
>> Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:00:47 +1000
>> > Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > 2009/7/15 Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de>
>> > >
>> > > > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:44:42 +0200, Thomas wrote:
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>> > > > >Nick Treleaven schrieb:
>> > > > >>  so sometime we can release v1.0.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >No, don't! :P
>> >
>> > Haha!
>> >
>> > > For why should it be increasing? Perhaps Geany could start a trend
>> > > of decreasing version numbers starting from version 2^32 and when
>> > > it reaches zero that would indeed be a milestone ;-)
>> >
>> > Then continue with negative numbers ;-)
>> >
>> > Personally I'm not updating Firefox again 'til they release 3.5 +
>> > 1.1i.
>>
>> Why not in a form like this?
>> r * e^(i*phi)
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>> > > 0.17 does look low.  So the
>> > > only reason to go to 1.0 would be to enhance your marketing in
>> > > support of world domination!!
>> >
>> > Agreed, it's worth it for the marketing benefits.
>>
>> I doubt that there is really a benefit for marketing. At least inside
>> the group of users Geany is addressing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Frank
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>> I find your conclusion jarring. I think you're relying on an underlying
> flawed belief in the deterministic nature of market, which, I submit, though
> biased to be completely unproven -- perhaps the market is bigger than
> currently probed, but how will you know without marketing?
>   I was going to add that this is a joke.  is it funny?
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