[Bf-committers] version naming

[Wolfgang Fähnle]

The most people wait for 2.5, like me.
Alpha, beta, stable and then think about 2.6.
I like 2.49b, otherwise you could change to Blender 2010 like others do.

mib





Am 07.04.2010, 00:53 Uhr, schrieb Benjamin Tolputt  
<btolputt at internode.on.net>:

> Benjamin Tolputt wrote:
>> Firstly, the MAJOR + "." + MINOR + "." + "BUILD/BUGFIX" method of naming
>> versions gets a big thumbs up from me. I know it is not how Blender has
>> done it before but it is the way every other application I've ever
>> worked on or bothered checking the version of works. This is how people
>> who bother knowing the versions of their software are used to thinking
>> about it.
>>
>
> Quick clarification. By "people who bother knowing the versions..." I
> mean "average users who bother". Most end-users I've worked with (who
> weren't also developers) know they use Microsoft Office, but couldn't
> give you the version. The "people who bother" are meant to be those that
> upgrade the software (for themselves or as a part of their job for an
> office, LAN, etc). These people look at major/minor versions as to
> whether something might be worth the effort.
>
> Sorry for any inadvertant offense I may have caused with bad wording.
>