Version Number of Upcoming Release

[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi all,

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 19:05, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I was wondering what version number we should use for the upcoming
> Amarok release. Originally, the plan was to call it "2.2.3". I still
> think that's completely fine from a developer's perspective (because
> with Git, any release really just becomes a snapshot, more or less).
> But maybe this would be a good chance to gather some extra PR, for
> free.
>
> We could simply call it "2.3", as this release sports a number of
> important changes. Most visibly that would be the toolbar, which looks
> very different from older versions. So I think we could justify the
> version jump, especially because it really is "just a name":
>
> Whatever we change this version string to, be it "2.2.3", "2.3",
> "WISTA Ultimate Edition", etc, it's basically just a name anyway. We
> could simply go to "2.3", without causing a huge work overhead.
> Everything else would stay as it is now (same splash screen, same
> everything). So, if this can get us some extra PR, methinks, we might
> as well use this chance :)
>
>
> What do you think?

+1 from me, too

Especially since there is a visual change with the new toolbar, the
jump to 2.3 would be a nice PR.

Also, for features not making the cut, that would be a strong +1 for
the "next branch" as proposed previously...


Regards, Myriam
>
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