On 31 May 2013, at 14:56 , Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > After the confusion that Postfix 2.10 is not Postfix 2.1, maybe it > is time to change the release numbering scheme.
The amount of confusion doesn't seem worth changing to me. I know that some people will see 2.1.1 and think that's exactly the same thing as 2.10.1, but how many, really, are mail admins? And how many of those are relying on ancient versions because they are relying on broken distros? > If we were to change the release numbering scheme like this with > Postfix then we would immediately be free from the pain of getting > sites to adopt Postfix 3.0, because they would no longer expect the > pain of transitioning from Python 2->3, from perl 5->6 and the like. > The next Postfix release would be 11.0, so 3.x would never happen. If Postfix moves to 3.0 I would expect a radically new version that abandons all the kruft of previous versions and basically is a fresh start with modern sensibilities and defaults. Not that I am saying 2.x is krufty or insensible, but if there's a 3.0 I hope that it is a rethinking/retooling and not just a 'some people are confused, so we're going to change). Besides, 2.11 is coming up RSN, and that will end most of the confusion, I expect. I think the prospect of going from v2.10 to v11 would be amusing. That doesn't mean I'm in favor of it, but it would be funny. Of course, it doesn't matter in the end, name it what you want, it's still going to be postfix. -- "If I were willing to change my morals for convenience or financial gain, we wouldn't be arguing, because I'd already *be* a Republican." -- Wil Shipley
