With the patch
both kate and kwrite display a version
number of 14.0.0.
Any objections to pushing?
With all these version numbers -- Why are the version
number not 3.5.14? To me
14.0.0 has no meaning. I know what 3.5.14 is, why not have
the full version?
Every time I have to dig into the code, I see checks for
primary versions of 3
or 4, and then minor numbers of >= 2, etc... No where do
I see primary version
of 14. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I thought
the about dialogs
should read the actual version number (eg 3.5.14)
To me all of the various version numbers are flaky. Change them all to R14.0.0? Then all
version numbers become useless because they all match the release number.
Kate/kwrite are the weirdest. Version numbers of 15.0.0 and 13.0.0 respectively look crazy
-- not credible. Just like Chrome and Firefox version numbers are not credible.
The calculation method for kate/kwrite worked okay in the previous 3.x.x scheme but blows
up with the R14 scheme. My patch retains the calculation method, which then matches the
release version. A simple fix. If we want to retain the old version schemes for both apps
then we need to reset/hard-code the first and second numbers of the version numbers to 2.5
and 4.5 respectively, and sync the third number with Trinity's R MAJOR number (14).
That version scheme makes sense to me too.
I will try to test that idea with a new patch.
Julius explained the new version scheme. Check the mail list archives for further
discussion. Many patches in Trinity broke backwards binary compatibility. Further, the new
version scheme severs Trinity from KDE 3.5.10 to mold a new identity. Yet like many
decisions in life, simple changes suffer from the effects of the "law of unintended
consequences." I like the new release version scheme but don't like how that
change affects the kate/kwrite versions.
I don't want us wasting time debating version schemes --- we have far more important
bugs to resolve if we are ever to release R14. I just want kate and kwrite to have
credible version numbers. The slogan "Image is everything" does have merits to a
certain degree. :-)
Darrell
