On Sun, Feb 1, 2026, 12:30 PM Tim Jacomb <[email protected]> wrote:
> I thought the proposal was the second number was just a release number > which roughly maps to a week but we can and do sometimes release multiple > versions in a week for a serious regression or for a release failure > Good clarification. You are correct. The second number is a release number that resets every year. Roughly maps to week of the year > On Sun, 1 Feb 2026 at 10:50, Jenkins Developers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> During the 2026 Jenkins Contributor Summit in Brussels, Jan 30, 2026, one >> of the ideas that was discussed was a possible switch from 2.x based >> versions to versions based on the year of the release. The second field of >> the version number would be the week of the year and the third field of the >> version number would continue to be the version number within the LTS >> baseline. >> >> Some examples: >> >> - 2.541 would be 2025.50 >> - 2.541.1 would be 2025.50.1 >> - 2.545 would be 2026.1 >> >> Benefits: >> >> - Administrators and users have a clear indicator of the age of their >> version >> - If we wait until the UX changes are ready (6 months or more from >> now), it would be a good indicator that we made a significant change, >> without the need to explain that we are not using semantic versioning >> >> Challenges: >> >> - Administrators with scripts that are hard coding 2. will need to >> adapt >> - Window installer may need to map the new version numbers into the >> Windows installer version number limitations >> >> Comments, concerns, and suggestions are welcomed. >> Mark Waite >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/a5d34387-9454-4a5e-91ac-3618d8dce398n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/a5d34387-9454-4a5e-91ac-3618d8dce398n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAH-3Bif4HSaSp922HKZW3-NVKQ7OrZyqXkJC1%2BE5GDU%2B%3DEpFMg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAH-3Bif4HSaSp922HKZW3-NVKQ7OrZyqXkJC1%2BE5GDU%2B%3DEpFMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAO49JtFMCqTvsBZrFAjFNRLw_aVBo2N3m3CsrqkGh6jfSXyp3Q%40mail.gmail.com.
