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So I guess minor updates are how we do things now.

scott_karana 12y ago
Firefox has been doing rapid releases since April 2011 or so, it's not a recent thing. :) https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease
- easytiger 12y ago
  I wasn't criticising. I just noticed from the changelog for this release in particular was pretty close to "changed whitespace in code"
sp332 12y ago
Yup! Release early, release often. Linux (kernel), Gnome, Ubuntu, Firefox, and Chrome (and lots more) are all on scheduled updates. Edit: The advantage to rapid releases is that you can roll out minor updates when they're ready without having to wait for big ones, and you don't have to rush big ones for a deadline. If you miss one release, it's no a big deal because there's another one coming right up. Release when it's ready!
- TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
  Rapid releases != rapid major version number increments. If you update the major version number too often it becomes meaningless. The Linux kernel is on version 3.15, for example.
  - sp332 12y ago
    Yes, it is meaningless, and they intentionally hide the version number now - the download page doesn't even show it. But what could a major version number mean? GNU Emacs was on version 1.x for so long they dropped the leading "1." and promoted the minor version number to the major version. Ubuntu just numbers their releases after the date, e.g. 12.04 came out in April 2012.
    - TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
      Quote from Wikipedia that expresses my viewpoint on the subject: > In principle [...] the major number is increased when there are significant jumps in functionality such as changing the framework which could cause incompatibility with interfacing systems, the minor number is incremented when only minor features or significant fixes have been added, and the revision number is incremented when minor bugs are fixed.
    - chimeracoder 12y ago
      > GNU Emacs was on version 1.x for so long they dropped the leading "1." and promoted the minor version number to the major version. As did Java. Java 1.4 was released in 2002, and the next version was Java 5 in 2006.
  - rogerdpack 12y ago
    agree, these should be point releases I'd wager. However, they have to "keep up with the Joneses" (chrome, in this case) which has high numbered versions, I'm guessing...
    - sp332 12y ago
      The fact that you don't know what version you're on is intentional on both sides. Both Google and Mozilla realized that the version is meaningless and hid it.

Firefox has been doing rapid releases since April 2011 or so, it's not a recent thing. :) https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease

easytiger 12y ago
I wasn't criticising. I just noticed from the changelog for this release in particular was pretty close to "changed whitespace in code"

sp332 12y ago

Yup! Release early, release often. Linux (kernel), Gnome, Ubuntu, Firefox, and Chrome (and lots more) are all on scheduled updates. Edit: The advantage to rapid releases is that you can roll out minor updates when they're ready without having to wait for big ones, and you don't have to rush big ones for a deadline. If you miss one release, it's no a big deal because there's another one coming right up. Release when it's ready!

TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
Rapid releases != rapid major version number increments. If you update the major version number too often it becomes meaningless. The Linux kernel is on version 3.15, for example.
- sp332 12y ago
  Yes, it is meaningless, and they intentionally hide the version number now - the download page doesn't even show it. But what could a major version number mean? GNU Emacs was on version 1.x for so long they dropped the leading "1." and promoted the minor version number to the major version. Ubuntu just numbers their releases after the date, e.g. 12.04 came out in April 2012.
  - TheLoneWolfling 12y ago
    Quote from Wikipedia that expresses my viewpoint on the subject: > In principle [...] the major number is increased when there are significant jumps in functionality such as changing the framework which could cause incompatibility with interfacing systems, the minor number is incremented when only minor features or significant fixes have been added, and the revision number is incremented when minor bugs are fixed.
  - chimeracoder 12y ago
    > GNU Emacs was on version 1.x for so long they dropped the leading "1." and promoted the minor version number to the major version. As did Java. Java 1.4 was released in 2002, and the next version was Java 5 in 2006.
- rogerdpack 12y ago
  agree, these should be point releases I'd wager. However, they have to "keep up with the Joneses" (chrome, in this case) which has high numbered versions, I'm guessing...
  - sp332 12y ago
    The fact that you don't know what version you're on is intentional on both sides. Both Google and Mozilla realized that the version is meaningless and hid it.