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"looking out for its users"

"looking out for its users"

Posted Sep 9, 2013 15:36 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: "looking out for its users" by Baylink
Parent article: Firefox OS on the ZTE Open

> They screwed IT users by going to the "everything's a major release" version numbering system

actually, if you are doing continuous improvement on a codebase, either everything is a major release or nothing is a major release.

Mozilla went one direction (a single number), Linus went a different direction (everything is a minor release, until he decides the numbers are too large)

In any case, the idea that major releases need more testing than minor releases (which is the basis of the "IT user" complaints) is false to begin with.


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