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If semver says the next version is 2.2, then it's 2.2, what discussion is there to side step?
by ses1984 8y ago
If semver says the next version is 2.2, then it's 2.2, what discussion is there to side step?
- tyingq 8y agoMarketing maybe? If you are good about being backward compatible, you never release n+1, which might be mistaken for being stale vs your competitors.
- egypturnash 8y ago“This was version 2.something when I started, I’ve been working on this for n years and it’s still version 2.something” sure sounds like a demotivating feeling to me, too.
- ThePadawan 8y agoInteresting! If I worked on a product that was version 2.1 when I started, and 5 years later was on version 6.5 without any actual rewrites or improvements in it, I would find that just as demotivating.
- Vendan 8y agoIf I worked on something for 5 years with no rewrites/improvements, I'd be demotivated as crap, no matter the version number...
- ThePadawan 8y agoRealistically, I think there are a lot of people working in these sorts of situations. Such a stable environment would leave a lot of room for side projects on a stable paycheck, or getting some extracurricular qualifications.
- Vendan 8y agoYeah, and I've been in a similar situaton. A year in, and my wife told me I needed to get a new job cause that one was making me "depressed"
- paulryanrogers 8y agoCan't marketing just focus on the minor part as Java does?
- tyingq 8y agoMarketing will, of course, do whatever they want. 3.x, 95, 98, ME, XP, NT, Vista, 7, 8, 10. Or just change the name when they want, ala macOS. Edit: added Vista... thanks!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoXBox -> XBox 360 -> XBox One... If the next console from Microsoft is controller that live streams games from the cloud I expect it to be called the XBox ExBox.
- progval 8y agoyou forgot Vista
- gryfft 8y agoThis is the real answer. Semver is a tool to keep code from breaking while communicating useful information to developers and engineers. Branding is an entirely different game, and the branding doesn't have to be machine-readable or adhere to any spec.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoGod forbid we have any maturity and reliability in our industry. Just tell people "We don't fix what ain't broke".