bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

Diego Elio Pettenò writes: > On 31/01/2013 20:58, Jack Kelly wrote: >> IMHO, that seems like a great way to cause trouble for unsuspecting >> users. (Anyone remember KDE4.0?) Can you expand on why you think it's a >> good plan? > > Because unlike KDE, automake can put a big fat warning in the gene

bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

On 31/01/2013 20:58, Jack Kelly wrote: > IMHO, that seems like a great way to cause trouble for unsuspecting > users. (Anyone remember KDE4.0?) Can you expand on why you think it's a > good plan? Because unlike KDE, automake can put a big fat warning in the generated configure that says "You're us

bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

On 28/01/2013 20:48, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Feedback, opinions, objections? First of all, I would like to hope that this is not going to be rushed through — it's an important and big change and I think having discussion about it with others might be a better idea. One thing that worries me at

bug#13578: [IMPORTANT] A new versioning scheme for automake releases, and a new branching scheme for the Git repository

On 31/01/2013 13:47, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > But there is already such a discussion going on; see: > > > > Or did you mean something else? I would expect a more ... visible discussion. Honestly bugs are all nice and shiny but I don't expe