Next release: 1.4.5 or 1.5?

[Dan Meltzer]

My 32 cents.

When 1.5 was originally discussed, it was talked about as a refactoring 
of code pre-2.0 because kde4 was still a while away.  The current code 
is not this.
In the past, middle number release series indicated a lot more time put 
into them.  They usually had a lot of reworked code, functionality, and 
new features.  The current code is not this.
Renaming it to 1.5 is not magically going to make us be able to do more 
promotion, Say "1.5 was released with less changes than 1.4.4" is not 
going to really be a good promotion strategy.
I can tell you now that if you name it 1.5 and still hope to release by 
the holidays, rokymotion is going to have some trouble getting enough 
promo material together.  This next month is the busiest time of the 
year for a lot of us, with finals, and then Christmas, and all that. 

I say stick with 1.4, it still has a lot of things that can be done in 
it, and then look at whether or not making a 1.5 branch makes sense 
after that.

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 :)
>
>