Next release: 1.4.5 or 1.5?

nikosapi nikosapi at gmail.com
Fri Dec 1 11:40:26 UTC 2006


I find it's much more stable now, but 1.5 would help with promotion as you 
said. So just call it 1.5 but make sure you say it's much more stable :-)

nick

On Friday 01 December 2006 04:56, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> Heya,
>
> as our next release is approaching (I currently estimate it could happen
> around Christmas), the question about versioning surfaces again. What
> should we call this release: 1.4.5 or 1.5.0? In essence this is really
> mostly a marketing decision. It has no impact on Amarok's code itself.
> Nevertheless, marketing is important, as the program version will convey a
> certain image to our users.
>
> I have a assembled a list of arguments from previous discussions pro/contra
> making a big version jump. Please think about these arguments, and feel
> free to bring further ones into the discussion.
>
> PRO 1.5:
> * If we don't start 1.5 now, we will probably be stuck with 1.4.x until
> 2.0. * Big version jump usually means more promotion.
> * There have been a number of visual changes (GUI polishing, and hopefully
> also icon improvements) that make the app look different ("fresher").
> * This release introduces the Labels feature and the Shoutcast Browser,
> arguably big features.
>
> CONTRA 1.5:
> * 1.5.0 suggests that it's still new and unstable, which isn't true. It's a
> stable release.
> * More work (finding a new theme name, artwork, etc).
> * Too few new features to justify big version jump.
>
>
> Please discuss :)



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