Re: No plans to change the version number scheme

On 8/26/2011 12:26 AM, Desiree wrote:
> "JohnQPublic"<[email protected]>  wrote in message
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>> "Alex Faaborg"<[email protected]>  wrote in message
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>>
>> 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
>
> Plus, it just causes Fx lovers to go to SeaMonkey where this insanity with
> rapid versions is not happening. I hadn't used SeaMonkey since 2009 and I
> just dusted it off and upgraded it to the latest version ( a nice 2.3.1).  I
> like it but I am missing a couple of Fx extensions that are not compatible
> with this latest version.  I realize SeaMonkey will be keeping pace with the
> 6 week Fx updates but the version numbers will be traditional ones.  I did
> have to disable SeaMonkey from identifying itself in UA as Firefox as it is
> not Fx and should not identify as such.
>
> As for Fx, I remain on 4.01 and have no intention of upgrading until Fx
> reaches major, significant change. Then and only then will I upgrade...no
> more than once or twice a year. Upcoming 7.0 (or is it 8?) where the memory
> problems in 4 appear corrected, if true, will get me to upgrade but not for
> any other reason as I haven't had 4 that long. SeaMonkey may issue minor
> upgrades every six weeks to match Fx but I will ignore those also and wait
> for a major upgrade which should only take place about once a year.
>
>
Why, in your mind, is updating new features only once a year a good thing?
And is the concept of adding new features, and bug fixes, and security 
fixes as often as feasible NOT a good thing in your mind?  Why is 2.3.1 
better than 3 or 4 or 5?
The good thing is that you do have the option to turn off the updates in 
Firefox/TB if it makes you more comfortable, but the downside is that 
you aren't protected against security exploits for up to a year. Check 
the release notes, and you will see about 2000 bug fixes, feature adds, 
and security fixes between FF5 and FF7.  If you sit at 4, then there are 
over 2000 fixes you don't have, until you decide to update.
Consider the pro and con.