From: Claus Spitzer <DocBoobenstein@...>
Date: 2004-05-29T12:33:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [SemiOT] Concerning version numbers...

On Fri, 28 May 2004 22:01:53 +0900, Stefan Schmiedl <s@xss.de> wrote:
> 

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> 
>      The Wheel - look ma, it moves
>          14 items, 9 done, 5 to go
>      The Beetle - a stable workhorse
>          currently 5 items, 0 done
>      The Mercedes - a really comfortable environment
>          currently 4 items, 0 done
>      The Bond Car - gizmos galore
>          currently 1 item, 0 done
> 
> If you want to translate it to conventional numbering:
>         Wheel    = 0.x
>         Beetle   = 1.x
>         Mercedes = 2.x
>         Bond     = 3.x
> 
> Just in case you're wondering, I'm talking about the classic Volkswagen
> Beetle built in the 50's and 60's and not the modernized second edition
> where you actually had fancy stuff like working heating system etc :-)
> 
> The advantage of this approach is that discussions about which features
> go in what release become quite rare. Everybody knows what to expect
> of buttons in a Bond car ...
> 
> s.
> 
> 

Are you implying that all version 3.x projects should blow up or make
things blow up? ;)