Re: [ros-dev] ReactOS SVN Version Naming

[Robert Naumann]

I partially Agree with Timo. Or we simply call the Builds "Development" or
"Preview" without Version (or at least the next upcoming Minor one). (SVN
is a bad naming, I still hope that we will finally jump to git :-P)

2016-04-16 1:53 GMT+02:00 Timo Kreuzer <timo.kreuzer(a)web.de>de>:

>   There is a difference: We are presenting our stuff to
> the public right
>  after we have been releasing a major version, while MS is presenting stuff
>  that is much closer to the targeted version than to the previous. IIRC MS
>  didn't sell XP SP1 as a Vista/7 preview. (They should have sold Vista as a
>  Win7 preview though :))
>  IMO we should name it "0.4+ development", which is less confusing and
>  doesn't make people think we are close to 0.5 in trunk.
>
>
>  Am 14.04.2016 um 19:33 schrieb Alex Ionescu:
>
> >   Are you equally confused when Windows 10
> > Anniversary Update preview
> >  builds also present themselves as such, even though it'snot coming out
> >  until later?
> >  Best regards,
> >  Alex Ionescu
> >
> >
> >  On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:31 AM, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo
> >  <elhoir(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >   what about changing "-" by
> > > "+"?
> > >
> > >  "0.4+SVNx"
> > >  that would mean, "this is the 0.4. version, plus svn revisions until x"
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Mark Jansen <learn0more+ros(a)gmail.com>
> > >  wrote:
> > >
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >  This way of numbering seems very confusing to me, and I assume to other
> > > >  people as well..
> > > >  When ReactOS presents itself as 0.5-SVN, I would expect this to be a 0.5
> > > >  release, and not a 0.4 release that is working towards a 0.5.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  regards,
> > > >
> > > >  Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  PS: I wasn't subscribed at the time this was sent, so sending a 'fake'
> > > >  reply :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  Ged Murphy gedmurphy.maillists at gmail.com
> > > > > Mon Feb 29 16:07:49 UTC 2016
> > > > >
> > > > > Because that’s what is being worked towards now, and there will be an
> > > > > unknown number of point releases until it’s reached.
> > > > >
> > > > > It’s also a bit of nostalgia, it’s what we’ve always done :)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.org] On Behalf Of
> > > > >> Hermès
> > > > >> BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO
> > > > >> Sent: 29 February 2016 16:00
> > > > >> To: ReactOS Development List <ros-dev at reactos.org>
> > > > >> Subject: [ros-dev] ReactOS SVN version naming
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Hi guys,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I would like to understand what’s the rationale behind changing the
> > > > >> ReactOS
> > > > >> trunk version from “0.4-SVN” to “0.5-SVN” (see revision 70818) whereas
> > > > >> we
> > > > >> have just started to release ROS 0.4.0 only?
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Thanks in advance for your explanations!
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Cheers,
> > > > >> Hermès.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
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