Re: No plans to change the version number scheme

"Alex Faaborg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just in case this got lost amongst the many threads in progress: there are
> no plans to adjust the version number.  It will remain in its current
> place
> in the about window, and we are going to continue with the current
> numbering
> scheme.
>
> An attribute of working entirely in the open is that we sometimes create
> significant confusion as we discuss design work that is in progress.
> However the bright side is that there is never a shortage of feedback :)

That's good news about the "about" window. Almost everyone expects to see
their version number appear there, because most software uses that method
and location.

That's bad news about the version number scheme and flies in the face of
long tradition. Version numbers should be proportional to the significance
and extent of changes, so Firefox should probably be somewhere in the
3.7-4.2 range at present. The rapidfire 4-5-6-7-8... sequence is unpopular,
creates false expectations, and causes various problems.
-- 
JQP