On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@verizon.net> wrote:
> In the past we have used the repo commit number as the stable version > number. I'm not sure this is the best idea as there can be overlapping > commit numbers in separate branches. I would like to propose using > something that we can clearly identify as a release version to prevent > confusion due to duplicate commit version numbers. I recently committed > the stable release policy to the developers documentation but I > intentionally left out the version number section because I wanted to > make sure we are on board with the idea. It would make it clear to > developers, users and packagers that they are using a stable release > versus a development release. It also makes it easier to name source > and binary packages. I'm perfectly happy using the good old fashioned > numerical triplet (#.#.#). It's easy for most version comparison > functions to deal with. I suggest for the next stable release we start > at the beginning 1.0.0. If no one objects, I will update the stable > release policy and add the code to CMakeLists.txt before we get to the > next stable release. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > I'm not in favor of 1.0.0 because this suggests that this is the first release after Beta. KiCad has a much longer history of productive use. I think at least 2.1.x - 2 because this is very different from what many Linux distributions consider as the last KiCad stable (old pcb format) and .1 because there has also been a revision of the new pcb file format to support 32 copper + 32 tech layers. I don't really have any strong preference for the '.1' part, but we definitely need at least '2' for the major version; humans are funny creatures and tend to associate version 1 with an inferior product. - Cirilo
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