[Qgis-user] Current version of QGIS

[Larry Shaffer]

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Moules <
jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:

> It occurs to me - this is a prime example of how this numbering system is
> confusing to users. Quite a few folks are talking about using 2.1 and how
> something is fixed in it, yet the QGIS webpage only has 2.0 on it. I know I
> always hate it when projects do that and wonder why they're not keeping
> their web-page updated.
> What was the reasoning behind using odd numbers for development versions?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_versioning#Odd-numbered_versions_for_development_releases- suggests that it only works well for long-release cycles which QGIS
> doesn't have any more.
>

I don't see anything wrong with the new versioning setup. Just that it's
not spelled out for users. If the user's download page [0] just had a link
with the text similar to "QGIS versions and release schedules" that sent
the visitor to the developers page that already outlines the versioning
concept [1], wouldn't that be enough?

[0] http://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
[1] http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/index.html

Regards,

Larry


> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 20 January 2014 14:27, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net>wrote:
>
>> On 20-01-14 15:24, Lester Anderson wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Just a quick query, but what is the current version of QGIS as the
>> > forums/discussion refer to a versions 2.1 or 2.2 (as due out soon) -
>> > gets a little confusing? The download option is for 2.0.1
>>
>> Hi Lester,
>>
>> see http://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/index#road-map
>>
>> Current version is 2.0.1
>> 2.1 is the testing/development version
>> next stable version will be 2.2
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Duivenvoorde
>>
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