Re: [tdf-discuss] Version Numbers?

One of the things i LOVE about open source software is the ability for me to
ask someone else to code something or port something that i cant do myself.
 So my solution to your problem of incompatible extensions is to set up a
new mailing list for OO to LO extension porting.  the public can send the
extension which the people on the mailing list can then port over.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:13 PM, <bastik.public.mailinglist@gmx.de> wrote:

> > On Nov 21, 2010, at 22:31 , jonathon wrote:
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> > > On 11/21/2010 09:15 PM, James Wilde wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...and?  Is LibO going to upgrade the version number every time OOo
> > does?  And only then?
> > > Unless there is a "compatibility tag" for extensions, the way that
> there
> > > is for firefox, LibO is stuck with the version numbering that OOo uses,
> > > if it wants to retain compatibility with those extensions.
> > Well, I appreciate that it would mean two sets of numbers for extensions,
> > but I can imagine that, in a not too distant future, OOo and LibO are
> going
> > to grow apart, possibly sufficiently that an extension for the one will
> > not work with the other.  Why not accept that from day 1?
> >
> > //James
>
> I'm willing to accept that extensions wont work in future if OO and LO grow
> apart, but I think this shouldn't be done artificially by changing the
> version number. It could be bad for OO users that want to use LO, but miss
> some extensions because they are no longer compatible because the version
> number of LO differs.
>
> Whenever there is a release with a changes for version 4.x.x I accept
> incompatibilities.
>
> not to you James:
> Most people don't take version numbers serious anymore. Look at Chrome for
> example. The rapid change of major versions is ridiculous.
>
> LO is not build from scratch, so for me it can stick to 3.x.x and move
> onward.
>
> Regards,
> bastik
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