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[Michael Jansen]

On Monday, July 16, 2012 10:42:11 PM Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> El Dilluns, 16 de juliol de 2012, a les 22:37:24, Michael Jansen va 
escriure:
> > > > I do not like maskerading pre releases as stable version. Version
> > > > numbers have a
> > > > clear semantic meaning. And KDE currently breaks that.
> > > 
> > > We break what? Our numbers have a clear sematic meaning, i can look at a
> > > version number and tell you what it is. Agreed it's not trivial, but
> > > saying
> > > our numbers don't have a semantinc meaning is not true.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > >   Albert
> > 
> > Any version numbered minor.major.patch is a stable release. That's what we
> > are breaking.
> > 
> > 4.5.70 is a stable release for anyone with experience in release numbers.
> > Yes with the background of doing kde developing you know its not. But the
> > convention says it is.
> 
> You mean like the gnome guys break it, and like the poppler guys break it,
> and like the kernel guys used to do? and that's without lookinf for
> examples.
> 
> Your convention is too narrow minded.

Ah. One of those.

So when you see garbage on the street you throw yours out through the window 
too? Because it is not wrong because others do it? If they stop you stop too?

For me change for the better start with stuff i can change. So fixing kde 
would be that first step.

Mike
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