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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE2 release schedule update
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-09-26 10:14:51
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Matthias Elter wrote:
> 
> 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.
It sucks! Nothing more to understand here.
> 
> > 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?
> 
No, it contained more than two. But it doesn't mean we have to repeat
that error again (we did the error with 1.1.1 back then)

Greetings, Stephan

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