On Aug 30, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Andrew Gaul <[email protected]> wrote: > Why should we release 2.0 out of step with the agreed-upon major release > cadence? If we cannot follow our own policy for the first release after > agreeing upon a policy, what confidence does that give our users in > subsequent releases, or in future policies?
This is certainly a potential consequence of my proposal and is something we could bring up on the user list. We could ask our users how they would feel about such a move. > Users are not impressed by > big, round version numbers and jclouds is unlikely to realize a big > boost in interest due to 2.0. I disagree. Notice how Google announced Android L (big round version letter in this case) at Google I/O and Apple announced iOS 7 at WWDC. Another recent instance is Docker announcing Docker 1.0 at DockerCon. Obviously this isn’t a coincidence. At these conferences they have the undivided attention of developers for a brief time. A rare thing. Making such announcements of big round version numbers helps them gain mind share/market share. > What benefit do you believe that announcing dropping Java 6 provides? Reread my proposal. I am not emphasizing dropping Java 6. I am emphasizing the use of Java 7. There’s a big difference. For a brief time, I too will have the undivided attention of many Java developers. I hope to make an impression and gain more users and maybe even pique the interest of potential contributors. Demonstrating that we’ve moved on to Java 7 with a major release will enable this. > Instead of creating an artificial marketing release, I certainly agree that this is a marketing driven release. > perhaps we could > announce Amazon Glacier and soon Google Cloud Storage providers, which > completes our support for all major object stores? Or announce the new > Docker provider and improved SoftLayer support? Users have long > requested some of these providers and delivering them is something > tangible to crow about. Definitely. I love making these kinds of announcements. This is all good stuff that I’ll be including. Thanks, Everett
