Folks,

if i read between the lines, it looks like the next stable branch will be
v2.0 and not v1.10
is there a strong reason for that (such as ABI compatibility will break, or
a major but internal refactoring) ?
/* other than v1.10 is less than v1.8 when comparing strings :-) */

Cheers,

Gilles

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Andreas Schäfer <gent...@gmx.de> wrote:

> On 13:50 Mon 22 Sep     , Aurélien Bouteiller wrote:
> > Could also start at 1.9.1 instead of 1.9.0. That gives a free number
> > for the “trunk” nightly builds.
>
> Could also start at 2.1 instead of 2.0. That gives a free boost in
> maturity.
>
> More seriously, I'd suggest to use Semantic Versioning[1], which is
> actually straight forward for both, developers and users. I'm quoting
> the linked website:
>
> > Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:
> >
> > 1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
> > 2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible
> >    manner, and
> > 3. PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
> >
> > Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as
> > extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.
>
> [1] http://semver.org/
>
> HTH
> -Andreas
>
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