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Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:06:26 +0100
From: Mark Banner <mban...@mozilla.com>
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On 31/05/2011 10:11, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> On 26.05.2011 20:06, Mark Banner wrote:
>> We'll also be de-emphasising the version numbers in our releases, it=20
>> is much more important that users keep up to date with the latest=20
>> security and stability fixes, and of course latest improvements, than =

>> being concerned that a jump from one number to the next is a big jump.=

>
> FYI, that *is* an important information, though. There are developers=20
> and companies with big deployments which need to know how much work=20
> they have to expect, due to API and profile file changes, UI changes=20
> etc..
I think if they assess the amount of worked based on the version number=20
increment, then that is going to give a very poor indication of the=20
amount of work. For example, with the old system, what if we did a=20
whole-number version bump, but only actually implemented one big new=20
feature without changing other APIs, and without affecting their=20
integration. They would assume a lot of work, when in fact it would be=20
very little.

Likewise, with a minor version bump, we could have changed a lot of=20
APIs, but not actually implemented many new features, and they would=20
then have a lot of work to do.

Surely it is better to give the new release some assessment (e.g. a=20
quick test, brief investigation into the code), rather than rely on a=20
version number increment?

> Question: Will we end up with Thunderbird 15 in a year's time (and TB=20
> 25 in 2 years), or what's the plan?
Yes, we'll get numbers that big.

Mark.


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