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

[André Riedel]

2010/2/16 Matthias Julius <lists at julius-net.net>:
> 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. ;-)
+1