[FusionDev] Release

Kristian Lyngstøl kristian at bohemians.org
Sun Aug 12 01:38:20 CEST 2007


On 8/11/07, Danny Baumann <dannybaumann at web.de> wrote:
> > Also, I think it makes sense to use a version number independent of
> > Compiz, to signify that we are not the same thing. Stuff like ccs and
> > most of these new plugins  are, well, new, and since these bits are
> > what Compiz Fusion really is, it makes sense to me to use a different
> > version range.
>
> I don't think that makes too much sense. The plugins fully depend on the
> Compiz API, and ccs depends to some extent (read: the plugin) on it too,
> so I think it makes sense to use the Compiz versioning scheme as a base.
> How do you want to explain to users that version 0.1.1 of Compiz Fusion
> needs Compiz 0.5.2, and release 0.3.5 needs Compiz 0.7.4? IMO, that just
> will bring along more con-fusion (SCNR) than needed.

True. It would've been easier if Compiz wasn't part of the Compiz
Fusion name...  Oh well, we'll just have to use the same version
numbers. I sort of wanted to signify to the users that this is, in
fact, the first release (and that the third is the third one, etc).

-- 
Regards,
Kristian


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