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

[Ari Jolma]

On 11/07/2012 09:17 PM, Even Rouault 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.

RFC 39 (the layer algebra) does break the C ABI, I believe.

>   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.

How about making the changes to the API but not implement them...?

Ari

>   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 ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Even
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