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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] The name of Applications 4.14 + 1
From:       Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-07-20 18:54:43
Message-ID: 3589887.jfxTRN37ie () xps
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El Dijous, 17 de juliol de 2014, a les 10:52:04, Mario Fux va escriure:
> Am Donnerstag, 17. Juli 2014, 01.19:45 schrieb Albert Astals Cid:
> 
> Morning Albert
> 
> > Hi all, please let's keep future discussion in kde-promo since i think
> > this
> > is more a promo related thing than anything.
> > 
> > A while ago we decided that 4.14 will be the last KDE 4 Applications
> > release and that after that we would switch (at least for a while) to
> > application releases where applications are either kdelibs4 based or KF5
> > based (on a tarball/repository level).
> > 
> > Now we need a name for that thing.
> > 
> > * We can't call it 4.15 since the 4.x in there for everybody means based
> > 
> > in kdelibs4.x
> > 
> > * We can't call it 5.x since the 5.x in there will make people think all
> > 
> > apps are KF5.x based
> > 
> > * My suggestion is call it "KDE Applications $YEAR.$MONTH", i.e. if we
> > 
> > keep with the 4 month schedule next release would be "KDE Applications
> > 14.12" and next-next "KDE Applications 15.04". It has a small problem if
> > we slip the release from one month to another the name changes, but we
> > just have to plan all the releases early in the release month so that even
> > if it slips it still falls inside the month.
> > 
> > * Another possibility would be "KDE Applications 1", that doesn't have
> > the
> > 
> > problem with the sliping release, but I have to say that I would feel
> > quite
> > weird calling our next applications release "KDE Applications 1" :D
> > 
> > Anyone has another suggestion?
> > 
> > Do we go with "KDE Applications $YEAR.$MONTH"?
> 
> +1 for this but as some others wrote as well I'd prefer the YYYY.MM version
> e.g. 2014.12 and for minor monthly releases 2014.12.1++

I just recorded myself saying 
 "14.12"
and then saying
 "2014.12"

Second one is unnecessarily mouhtful at
 twenty forteen thelve
or even worse
 two thousand forteen thelve
versus
 forteen twelve

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> Thx
> Mario
> 
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