[L2Ork-dev] updating cyclone

[Matt Barber]

If we're changing the versioning that much, it might be worth jumping to
0.7.x to show compatibility with Max 7.

M

On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>
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> Using "alpha" to mean you are in the stable, early stages of a process
> that may never
> actually be completed is confusing.
>
>
> > It is, and, if anything, I already considered that cyclone should have
> jumped to "1.0", instead of being released as "0.3 alpha-1", and now the
> 0.3 alpha-2 is much more like "1.0.1" - perhaps we should go ahead and just
> do it, I don't know...
>
> You could do that, but it's not what I'm suggesting.  I'm suggesting to
> keep the
> major version at "0".  That signifies that you're still working on getting
> the library
> to have the interface you desire-- that is, the Max/MSP 7 set of objects
> (or whatever
> your goal happens to be).  Then use "alpha" and "beta" in their common
> usage,
> to convey the stability of the version of the library you are about to
> release.
>
> > But my only point is that our current version is just much more advanced
> and stable, fixed, and cleaned up than the earlier versions. You really
> shouldn't worry about it being "unstable" as it is now...
>
> Ah, ok.  Then I would *strongly* suggest not to use the words "alpha" and
> "beta" in the way that you currently are.  It's too confusing.
>
> -Jonathan
>
> > cheers
>
>
>
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