[gdal-dev] Which version number for the next GDAL release : 1.10 or 2.0 ?

[Howard Butler]

On Nov 7, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if we shouldn't release GDAL trunk as GDAL 1.10 instead of GDAL 
> 2.0.
> 
> As far as I know, there haven't been yet any change in GDAL trunk that 
> qualifies as a major re-architecturing, or that breaks the C API & ABI of the 
> GDAL 1.X series. I'm not sure if or when someone will want to tackle one of 
> the items listed in http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GDAL20Changes , but this 
> would likely defer a release by months, especially if we want a GDAL 2.0 with 
> a number of significant changes. And sticking with our traditional yearly 
> release rythm seems to me like a good practice. Current trunk has nothing 
> revolutionary, but a nice amount of new drivers and fixes/improvements that are 
> worth a release.
> 
> Thoughts ?

I've already baked in some macro checking for 2.0 due to the fact that the master branch has been called this for months. I don't know that others have done the same, but the expectation has been that 2.0 is next for the last year.

I agree that not too many "2.0 worthy" changes have been made to the library, and that's probably a good thing frankly. IMO, it's easier to major_version++ that wiki page and kick that can down the road. Besides, Frank hates double-digit minor versions like 1.10 or 1.26, so he'll probably veto anyway :)

Let's call it 2.0.  People will be pleasantly surprised when they find out it doesn't break anything, unlike most 2.0 releases they've ever touched of just about everything.

Howard