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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/21/2014 12:21 PM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 20/10/2014 17:33, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> I'm going to comment on everything posted thus far.  I don't have time
>> to reply on each individual comment.  I will say that I am not terribly
>> thrilled with date style version.  I'm not absolutely sure if it causes
>> grief for package management systems such as apt-get or yum.  I'm fine
>> with starting at whatever stable release version the next one would be.
>>  I believe it would be 3.0.0 or 4.0.0 since I've been with the project
>> but JP would know for sure.  Actually we would likely not have minor
>> point releases like 3.1.0 because of project policy of not backporting
>> features.  The only changes we will make to the stable branch is for
>> bugs that cause kicad to crash or loss and/or corruption of data.  The
>> only way I see this changing is if we have a huge influx of new
>> developers willing to take on that task.  Since we will be providing
>> nightly builds of binary installers in the not too distant future, users
>> who don't mind bleeding on the edge can help test new features in the
>> development branch.  I don't think that is unfair to ask users to help
>> contribute to the testing.
>>
> 
> I am fine with a bzr rev as version id for the product (testing)
> versions, and the major, minor, sub-minor number to identify a stable
> version.
> 
> Currently:
> We could consider the 1.0.0 version is the first kicad version still
> available (year 2007) (board files (.brd), 32 layers, 0.1 mil internal unit)
> A lot of major enhancements were made over the years, but no disruptive
> change.
> A major (disruptive) change (2.0.0) is the new .kicad_pcb board file
> format (32 layers, 1 nanometer internal unit)
> This is the current stable version.
> 
> The next major change (3.0.0) is a change of .kicad_pcb board file
> format to support more layers (64 layers and more), the fully working
> version of P&S router and the fp lib table, and use of plugins to read
> GPCB and Eagle footprint files.
> 
> therefore the new stable version is 3.0.0, and perhaps 4.0.0 with the
> KIWAY version and more python wizards.
> 

3.0.0 sounds good to me.

Wayne