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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Next release called 1.2?
From:       Andreas Krogh <andreak () xcon-data ! no>
Date:       1999-08-24 14:23:42
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I think KDevelop, KDbg + the hi-color icons just isn't enough for the
desktop-user(remember, we have now a _LOT_ of KDE/Linux users who are
not programmers), and adds no new functionallity to the avarage user.
Hense kde-1.1.2 and not 1.2.

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Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@xcon-data.no>

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Corey [SMTP:whoop@mtco.com]
> Sent:	24. august 1999 16:04
> To:	kde-devel@kde.org
> Subject:	Re: Next release called 1.2?
> 
> > > - the number of additional features are not even comparable
> > >   to those that have been added for 1.1.1. So naming it
> > >   1.2 would neither be honest nor consistent.
> > Or those that have been added from 1.0 to 1.1. Naming it 1.2
> > simply implies it's something completly different than 1.1.1,
> > but it's 1.1.1 + bonus. So name it 1.1.1++, but this 1.1.2
> 
> To me it doesn't mean "completely different," but instead just one
> minor
> step up from 1.1.1.  I've taken versions to mean, major.minor.bugfix. 
> Of course this isn't a major release, but it is more than just a
> bugfix
> release.  Bumping the minor would mean of course bug fixes and a more
> stable environment, but some decent new additions, hicolor/large
> icons,
> kdevelop, kdbg, I understand kmail has undergone a lot of work, etc.
>  
> > > - we don't want to compete with GNOME in terms of
> > >   version numbers -- that would be ridiculous and wouldn't
> > >   be in the tradition of the kde-project.
> > That's one of my main concerns!
> 
> That's only a concern to the conspiracy nuts, and Slashdot Anonymous
> Cowards.  We have our own product, this version numbering isn't about
> staying at the same number as them.  Hell, they'll probably have a
> couple more updates or be at 2.0 before us.

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