My brain can visually parse 5.99. I have to actually read the current tags and think about them before I can figure out what they represent.
> On 8 Jul 2019, at 21:47, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How is a number like 99 being any better than the latest release tag? > > On Mon, 8 Jul 2019 at 22:43, Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> ma 8. heinäk. 2019 klo 21.23 Wayne Stambaugh (stambau...@gmail.com) >> kirjoitti: >>> >>> Honestly, I don't have a strong preference >>> one way or another. If someone can come up with a system that's >>> workable for everyone, that's fine by me. I don't have an issue with >>> using something like 5.99.0. >> >> >> In the user forum we had to explain 6.0 scheme and now we have had to >> explain this 5.1 scheme, although I like the current one better - at least >> it doesn't make people think v6 exists which was certainly worse than the >> confusion about 5.1.0-dev vs. 5.1.2-dev. The more I think about this the >> more convinced I am that a dedicated number for development version would be >> the best and least ambiguous solution. It could be 5.1/stable -> >> 5.2/development -> 6.0/next stable -> 7/next development or 5.1/stable >> 6/development -> 7/next stable, but I guess 5.99 would achieve the same and >> might be even better because 99 is rarely a stable release number. To >> minimize possible packaging problems with rcN vs. plain numbers the release >> candidates could be numbered 5.99.1 etc. or even 5.99.1-rc1, 5.99.2-rc2 etc. >> That would make the order extremely clear, i.e. there would be no question >> about whether 99-rc1 is before or after 99 either logically or in >> alphabetical or numerical order. >> >> Eeli Kaikkonen >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
