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

[Mateusz Loskot]

On 11 November 2012 19:00, Ben Discoe <ben at vterrain.org> wrote:
> +1 to everything Ragi said.
>
> Version "numbering" like "1.10" is an affront to common sense and the basic
> concept of the decimal system, not to mention every OS's filename sorting.
> If 1.10 comes after 1.9, then it would be imperative to replace the
> misleading decimal points (which are, apparently, NOT decimal points) with
> some other punctuation (like 1-9, 1-10) to avoid confusion on precedence,
> and even that doesn't address the sorting mess.
>
> Enough changes have occurred since 1.0 (I know, since I was in fact using
> GDAL then).
> Please just call it 2.0 now.

Then all 2.0 discussions and documentation at Wiki needs to be renamed
from GDAL20Changes to GDALFutureChanges.
Otherwise, this list will be flooded with questions from confused users:
"Is feature X described in GDAL 2.0 wiki/RFCs released in 2.0? I can't find it!"

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net