Why 1.5.0.x ?

Chris Ilias

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Oct 18, 2005, 2:28:55 AM10/18/05

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According to
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2005/10/17/extension-versioning-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-15/
stability and security updates on 1.5 will be versioned 1.5.0.1,
1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, etc..
Why the change from incrementing it by 0.0.1? (1.5.1, 1.5.2, etc.)
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Boris Zbarsky

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Oct 18, 2005, 9:49:37 AM10/18/05

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Chris Ilias wrote:
> stability and security updates on 1.5 will be versioned 1.5.0.1,
> 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, etc..
> Why the change from incrementing it by 0.0.1? (1.5.1, 1.5.2, etc.)

I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if those happen.

-Boris

Frederic Bezies

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Oct 18, 2005, 11:38:32 AM10/18/05

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Le 10/18/05 3:49 PM, Boris Zbarsky a écrit :

Well, it is more logical in a way.

I don't think there will be a lot of UI update only, maybe adding a
better version of RSS reader like the one there was in trunk some times
ago ?

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Chris Ilias

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Oct 18, 2005, 3:16:59 PM10/18/05

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_Boris Zbarsky_ spoke thusly:

> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if those
> happen.

Thanks. It would be nice if the version number indicated whether or not
a security update contains other stability fixes. In other words,
indicate if the fixes were applied to the latest branch nightly, or
latest release build.

Alejandro Torras

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Oct 20, 2005, 8:54:12 AM10/20/05

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Chris Ilias wrote:
> _Boris Zbarsky_ spoke thusly:
>> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if
>> those happen.
>
> Thanks. It would be nice if the version number indicated whether or not
> a security update contains other stability fixes. In other words,
> indicate if the fixes were applied to the latest branch nightly, or
> latest release build.

I agree with you.

I think that a public <stable-feauture-pack>.<fix-pack> scheme should be
clearer and more efective.

The public word means a non-developer view.

The fix-pack section should be bug-fixes and security fixes, everythig
else sould be in the other section.

One thing, I put the pack suffix for marketing purposes ;-)

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Ognyan Kulev

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Oct 20, 2005, 9:13:45 AM10/20/05

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Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if those
> happen.

Personally, I like 1.6.x, 1.7.x more for UI changes (x is security update).

Regards,
ogi

Frederic Bezies

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Oct 20, 2005, 9:42:11 AM10/20/05

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Le 10/20/05 3:13 PM, Ognyan Kulev a écrit :

Erh...

Trunk is tagged 1.6alpha1 ;)

And the new stable version after 1.5 will be 2.0 ;)

Matthias Wallner

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Oct 20, 2005, 2:50:07 PM10/20/05

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Frederic Bezies wrote:
> Le 10/20/05 3:13 PM, Ognyan Kulev a écrit :
>
>> Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>>> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if
>>> those happen.
>>
>> Personally, I like 1.6.x, 1.7.x more for UI changes (x is security
>> update).
>>
>> Regards,
>> ogi
>
> Erh...
>
> Trunk is tagged 1.6alpha1 ;)
>
> And the new stable version after 1.5 will be 2.0 ;)
>

So that means the Trunk should be named 1.9alpha1 and not 1.6...

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Frederic Bezies

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Oct 20, 2005, 3:21:05 PM10/20/05

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Le 10/20/05 8:50 PM, Matthias Wallner a écrit :

> Frederic Bezies wrote:
>> Le 10/20/05 3:13 PM, Ognyan Kulev a écrit :
>>
>>> Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>>>> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if
>>>> those happen.
>>> Personally, I like 1.6.x, 1.7.x more for UI changes (x is security
>>> update).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ogi
>> Erh...
>>
>> Trunk is tagged 1.6alpha1 ;)
>>
>> And the new stable version after 1.5 will be 2.0 ;)
>>
>
> So that means the Trunk should be named 1.9alpha1 and not 1.6...
>

I mean 1.6alpha1 for firefox, not gecko which is 1.9a1 ;)

Leonidas Jones

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Oct 20, 2005, 11:51:45 PM10/20/05

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Frederic Bezies wrote:
> Le 10/20/05 8:50 PM, Matthias Wallner a écrit :
>
>> Frederic Bezies wrote:
>>> Le 10/20/05 3:13 PM, Ognyan Kulev a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>>>>> I believe the plan is for 1.5.x to be UI-feature-only updates, if
>>>>> those happen.
>>>> Personally, I like 1.6.x, 1.7.x more for UI changes (x is security
>>>> update).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> ogi
>>> Erh...
>>>
>>> Trunk is tagged 1.6alpha1 ;)
>>>
>>> And the new stable version after 1.5 will be 2.0 ;)
>>>
>>
>> So that means the Trunk should be named 1.9alpha1 and not 1.6...
>>
>
> I mean 1.6alpha1 for firefox, not gecko which is 1.9a1 ;)
>

This would seen to indicate the new versioning scheme is to bring FF and
TB in line with the Gecko versioning, now that the Suite is no longer
being issued.

Lee

Martin Bagge / brother

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Oct 21, 2005, 5:10:09 AM10/21/05

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Matthias Wallner wrote:

> Frederic Bezies wrote:
>>And the new stable version after 1.5 will be 2.0 ;)
>
> So that means the Trunk should be named 1.9alpha1 and not 1.6...

Not really, after 1.9 you'll have 1.10. Stables and clean nice version
numbers is not the same thing.

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