[Proj] New OSGeo website should rename Proj4 to Proj

[Thomas Knudsen]

Roger, these numbers are not assumed to match - cf. e.g.
https://autotools.io/libtool/version.html
which says: "For what concerns the version of the ABI, it should not,
generally, be tied to the release version;"

And please check the entire text of what I propose: The name *is* indeed
PROJ, according to that, it's just a matter of keeping PROJ.4 as the name
of the *project*, and having *PROJ* as the *product*. This is a.o. in order
to keep a reasonable connection to the URL of the proj4.org web presence (
proj.org is not available)

You may disagree with me, but if you do so strongly, please volunteer to
carry out the rebranding.


2018-01-12 9:03 GMT+01:00 Roger Oberholtzer <roger.oberholtzer at gmail.com>:

> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Kristian Evers <kreve at sdfe.dk> wrote:
> >> Isn't it a premature call?
>
> >> As discussed on the proj list [0][1][2], the "4" in the PROJ.4 name
> >> should be de-emphasized, since the next major release will be PROJ
> >> v5.0.0.
> >>
> >> Please rename the project on the new website from "Proj4" to "Proj".
>
> I agree about the name being simply Proj. My reasoning:
>
> The release numbers don't match the API/ABI version. Proj 4.9.3 is
> actually 12. What is being called the 5.x series will go through a few
> version numbers. Keeping these two independent sets of numbers
> straight is always a source of error.
>
> One set of numbers to rule them all...
>
>
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> Roger Oberholtzer
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