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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE2 release schedule update
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       2000-09-26 11:19:23
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Simon Hausmann wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 02:42:40PM +0200, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > > - February/March 2001 - KDE2 1.1 release.
> >
> > Sorry, but who came up with this completely idiotic
> > versioning-scheme?
> 
> Isn't it logic? What we currently have in our CVS contains
> no code from KDE 1.x anymore. It's a rewrite, it's a new KDE,
> it has nothing to do with KDE 1.x .
> 
> 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.

That's not really true - while it's certainly true that a great
deal has been rewritten, it's not the case that there is no shared
code.

> 
> Naming it KDE2 1.0 is honest. It's the first version/release of
> a new desktop.

I think it is very very confusing. We should call it KDE 2.0 as
this is what it is.

> 
> I personally vote for the "new" versioning.

I strongly disagree.

Rich.

> 
> Bye,
>  Simon

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