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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE2 release schedule update
From:       Matthias Elter <me () caldera ! de>
Date:       2000-09-26 11:12:45
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > > KDE 2.0 makes one assume that it "inherits" from KDE 1.x, that
> > > it shares some code. But in fact that's not true. It's a new
> > > start, it's a new generation of KDE which has nothing to do
> > > with KDE 1.x.
>
> And you are sure that your mom or dad or any nondeveloper will
> immediately get that idea when he/she hears something like
> "KDE2 1.0"? Version-number aren't made for developers only.
> If you name the CVS-branch that way -- fine. If you joke
> about naming it KDE 2 1.0 in an article/interview while
> explaining the reasons why one should have named it like that,
> fine too.

I don't get why KDE 1.0 was easier to understand than KDE2 1.0 will be. 
Please explain.

> BUT: The versions should also make it easy for the user
> to distinguish different versions of KDE. So they shouldn't
> contain more than 2 digits -- which means: something like
> 2.0 or 2.1 would just be the way to go.

Hm??? And KDE 1.1.2 did contain no more than two digits?

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