[Axiom-developer] Re: Gold numbering scheme

2007-09-11 Thread C Y
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Cliff, > > We're not in the advertising business. We're doing long term science. OK, fair enough. > It makes no difference if there are "major" improvements from version > 10.1 to 10.2. Every version features improvements. Well, it will certainly avoid arguments

Re: [Axiom-developer] Gold numbering scheme

2007-09-11 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Cliff, > > We're not in the advertising business. We're doing long term science. Maybe so, but a little word of mouth can't hurt. Consider the Ubuntu phenomenon. ;) ___ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.or

Re: [Axiom-developer] Gold

2007-09-11 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd prefer the binary numbering scheme to reflect the date > of the gold version, so the Gold Sept 2007 version would be >axiom-7.9.0.tgz > (that is, Sept, 2007 == 7.9). This will be unique and clear. Well ... OK ... but since we are looking for something to last the

Re: [Axiom-developer] Gold numbering scheme

2007-09-11 Thread Alfredo Portes
Hi Tim, > Linus Torvolds commented that he is constantly asked when "version 3.0" > of linux will be released. He estimates that there will never be a > version 3.0 and people don't like that answer. Not for contradicting you, but his answer was because he does not expect for Linux to break API c

[Axiom-developer] Gold numbering scheme

2007-09-11 Thread daly
Cliff, We're not in the advertising business. We're doing long term science. It makes no difference if there are "major" improvements from version 10.1 to 10.2. Every version features improvements. Linus Torvolds commented that he is constantly asked when "version 3.0" of linux will be released.

[Axiom-developer] Re: Gold

2007-09-11 Thread C Y
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd prefer the binary numbering scheme to reflect the date > of the gold version, so the Gold Sept 2007 version would be >axiom-7.9.0.tgz > (that is, Sept, 2007 == 7.9). This will be unique and clear. It will, but it would break the user convention of major ver

[Axiom-developer] Gold

2007-09-11 Thread daly
I'd prefer the binary numbering scheme to reflect the date of the gold version, so the Gold Sept 2007 version would be axiom-7.9.0.tgz (that is, Sept, 2007 == 7.9). This will be unique and clear. We need to put up binary distros on the axiom websites (axiom-developer, sourceforge, savannah). Th

Re: [Axiom-developer] Gold

2007-09-11 Thread C Y
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As part of recovery of the project I am going back to the schedule > of Gold releases every 2 months. Tim, the schedule sounds good. Would you object to a Major.Minor numbering scheme for Gold to make things "distro-friendly?" E.g. Sept 1, 2007: axiom-4.9.0.tar.

[Axiom-developer] Gold

2007-09-11 Thread daly
> Sounds like a plan ... I just started the build so it will be morning > before I know if it worked. Meanwhile, when is the next scheduled > "migration" of Silver to Golden? I'm trying to get Gentoo to replace the > September 2005 tarball they have now with something newer. Axiom's last Gold rele