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[Aaron Wells <1386937@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

As discussed in the 2014-10-23 developer meeting (
http://meetbot.mahara.org/mahara-dev/2014/mahara-
dev.2014-10-23-08.05.html ) we'll be changing the release numbering
system for Mahara.

Currently, we're using a (loosely complied-with) version of Semantic
Versioning, i.e. A.B.C, where "A.B" is the "major release", and "C" is
the "minor release". So far the "A" part of this has been 0 or 1; we've
been waiting for a really big backwards-compatibility-breaking change to
go from 1.x to 2.x.

Because we're now a 6-monthly release cycle (and for other reasons
discussed in the dev meeting), we've decided to change this to a
numbering system similar to what Ubuntu uses: YY.MM.x, where YY is the
year in 2-digit format, MM is the month in 2-digit format, and x is a
minor version number. So instead of 1.11.0, we'll release 15.04.0, and
that'll be followed by 15.10.0 and 16.04.0.

This change won't require many code changes (mainly just changing the
release number in lib/version.php), but it will require a lot of
documentation changes.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Wishlist
     Assignee: Kristina Hoeppner (kris-hoeppner)
         Status: In Progress

** Changed in: mahara
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: mahara
   Importance: High => Wishlist

** Description changed:

  As discussed in the 2014-10-23 developer meeting (
  http://meetbot.mahara.org/mahara-dev/2014/mahara-
  dev.2014-10-23-08.05.html ) we'll be changing the release numbering
  system for Mahara.
  
  Currently, we're using a (loosely complied-with) version of Semantic
  Versioning, i.e. A.B.C, where "A.B" is the "major release", and "C" is
  the "minor release". So far the "A" part of this has been 0 or 1; we've
  been waiting for a really big backwards-compatibility-breaking change to
  go from 1.x to 2.x.
  
- For reasons described in the dev meeting, we've decided to change this
- to a numbering system similar to what Ubuntu uses: YY.MM.x, where YY is
- the year in 2-digit format, MM is the month in 2-digit format, and x is
- a minor version number. So instead of 1.11.0, we'll release 15.04.0, and
+ Because we're now a 6-monthly release cycle (and for other reasons
+ discussed in the dev meeting), we've decided to change this to a
+ numbering system similar to what Ubuntu uses: YY.MM.x, where YY is the
+ year in 2-digit format, MM is the month in 2-digit format, and x is a
+ minor version number. So instead of 1.11.0, we'll release 15.04.0, and
  that'll be followed by 15.10.0 and 16.04.0.
  
  This change won't require many code changes (mainly just changing the
  release number in lib/version.php), but it will require a lot of
  documentation changes.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386937

Title:
  Change Mahara release numbering from pseudo-"Semantic Versioning" to
  Ubuntu-style YY.MM (i.e. 15.04)

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  As discussed in the 2014-10-23 developer meeting (
  http://meetbot.mahara.org/mahara-dev/2014/mahara-
  dev.2014-10-23-08.05.html ) we'll be changing the release numbering
  system for Mahara.

  Currently, we're using a (loosely complied-with) version of Semantic
  Versioning, i.e. A.B.C, where "A.B" is the "major release", and "C" is
  the "minor release". So far the "A" part of this has been 0 or 1;
  we've been waiting for a really big backwards-compatibility-breaking
  change to go from 1.x to 2.x.

  Because we're now a 6-monthly release cycle (and for other reasons
  discussed in the dev meeting), we've decided to change this to a
  numbering system similar to what Ubuntu uses: YY.MM.x, where YY is the
  year in 2-digit format, MM is the month in 2-digit format, and x is a
  minor version number. So instead of 1.11.0, we'll release 15.04.0, and
  that'll be followed by 15.10.0 and 16.04.0.

  This change won't require many code changes (mainly just changing the
  release number in lib/version.php), but it will require a lot of
  documentation changes.

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