Re: No plans to change the version number scheme

Peter Sinnott <[email protected]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:45:19 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 23, 10:08 pm, Ron Hunter <[email protected]> wrote :
> The trouble with open development is that something proposed, as an
> issue for discussion, can be seized upon and blown way out of
> proportion.  I am somewhat surprised that some of the comments made a
> while back about 'forced updates' weren't jumped on.  Or maybe they
> were, and the people who saw them just fled like scared jackrabbits.  We
> can't know.  Probably, in view of recent press, developers should
> consider how users, who lurk around here, might react to a proposal, and
> make sure everyone understands it is a proposal, not an established
> fact, or 'direction'.


So you are saying people who thought "It is part of the phasing out of
version numbers in Firefox that's already well under way"  was
evidence of a completed decision and not a proposal are mistaken?