Comments on: Skipping 2.4: How to Make Things More Complicated in the WordPress Community http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ashish Mohta http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/comment-page-1/#comment-326628 Ashish Mohta Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:18:16 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/#comment-326628 It Might be little confusing if the people follow the version but I would agree with the comments above as there are lot of prospectives that has to be seen along. 1. I dont think client will be happy if they get 2.4 which is not complete. 2. If the clients do understand version , I bet they would understand that why 2.4 did not came as they are more concerned on the final result. 3. Moreover sometimes its becomes a necessity to skip. Nobody wants to break the cycle but sometimes you need to , to maintain the quality, security and dignity of the software. 4. I guess you just wont release a version for the sake of keeping the version. They are important numbers but again they are just numbers. IMHO It Might be little confusing if the people follow the version but I would agree with the comments above as there are lot of prospectives that has to be seen along.

1. I dont think client will be happy if they get 2.4 which is not complete.

2. If the clients do understand version , I bet they would understand that why 2.4 did not came as they are more concerned on the final result.

3. Moreover sometimes its becomes a necessity to skip. Nobody wants to break the cycle but sometimes you need to , to maintain the quality, security and dignity of the software.

4. I guess you just wont release a version for the sake of keeping the version. They are important numbers but again they are just numbers.

IMHO

]]> By: David http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/comment-page-1/#comment-325379 David Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:35:21 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/#comment-325379 They have a roadmap a few versions ahead, which allows them to know where they want to be for version X. While working on 2.4 they realized there were more things that they wanted to do, and they didn't want to release something half done. They decided to push the next release to the 2.5 release date, which also gave them time to work on stuff from their 2.5 roadmap. The next version will be 2.5. They "skipped" 2.4. I don't think the versioning really matters all that much in the grand scheme of things. If they come out and called it version 2008.2 I wouldn't care, as long as I was able to easily understand that 2008.2 was the latest version and that I should upgrade to it. They have a roadmap a few versions ahead, which allows them to know where they want to be for version X. While working on 2.4 they realized there were more things that they wanted to do, and they didn’t want to release something half done.

They decided to push the next release to the 2.5 release date, which also gave them time to work on stuff from their 2.5 roadmap. The next version will be 2.5. They “skipped” 2.4.

I don’t think the versioning really matters all that much in the grand scheme of things. If they come out and called it version 2008.2 I wouldn’t care, as long as I was able to easily understand that 2008.2 was the latest version and that I should upgrade to it.

]]> By: Jacob Santos http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/comment-page-1/#comment-325375 Jacob Santos Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:31:55 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/#comment-325375 Dude, 2.4 is the development version or alpha of 2.5. They plan on updating the version to 2.5 when the official public beta hits. Dude, 2.4 is the development version or alpha of 2.5.

They plan on updating the version to 2.5 when the official public beta hits.

]]> By: Jacob Chapel http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/comment-page-1/#comment-325170 Jacob Chapel Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:40:43 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2008/01/24/skipping-24-how-to-make-things-more-complicated-in-the-wordpress-community/#comment-325170 Though if this is the case, it is not very logical and will confuse a lot of people. It is common for projects to skip sub-versions completely, usually going from 1.6 straight to 2 for public releases. This is different of course, but I don't find it that jarring or strange, just kind of dumb. As you said, hopefully what they release to the public will follow the same version numbering conventions, unless they like the backlash it will cause. Though if this is the case, it is not very logical and will confuse a lot of people. It is common for projects to skip sub-versions completely, usually going from 1.6 straight to 2 for public releases. This is different of course, but I don’t find it that jarring or strange, just kind of dumb. As you said, hopefully what they release to the public will follow the same version numbering conventions, unless they like the backlash it will cause.

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