[josm-dev] Next release end of February: status update

[Matthias Julius]

Karl Guggisberg <karl.guggisberg at guggis.ch> writes:

> Based on a thread on this list I've written down a proposal for a future 
> Build and Release Number scheme, see 
> http://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/DevelopersGuide/ReleaseNumbers. I've 
> tried to summarize the discussion in the thread but the final proposal 
> is obviously biased toward what I like most. Please post to this list if 
> you have any objections or leave a note on the wiki. If this proposal 
> was to be followed the next release would be named *JOSM 10.1*.

As I wrote in the other thread I am not in favor of year based version
numbers except for software that follows a strict yearly release
schedule or where the year is somehow relevant (like tax software).

For all others I prefer feature based version numbers where a change
in the major part indicates substantial and potentially disruptive
changes like a new API version or a completely new UI or so.  Or,
maybe a switch from Java to Perl. ;-)

Matthias