gnupic: gputils 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1
Subject:
Re: gputils 1.0.0 Release Candidate 1
From:
Joe Pfeiffer ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2012 04:36:51 -0000
Message-Id: <20677.26334.547109.110752@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net>
Peter Stuge writes:
>Alain Portal wrote:
>> > A small idea: Skip the last version number digit and go for 1.0?
>>
>> Cleary, not!
>> I never heard a such bad idea...
>>
>> foo-x.y.z is a rule accepted by all in the community for a very
>> long time....
>>
>> Why do you want to break it?
>
>x, y and z have no purpose. They are universally only for show.
>
>Microsoft realized that 18 years ago. (Windows 95)
>
>Three feelgood for-show numbers is at least one more than gputils
>actually needs, because development is moderate. That is *not* a
>bad thing!
They aren't feelgood for-show numbers when they actually express a
point in the development process -- which they do in this case.
>Why does anyone want to use an 8-bit machine when a 32-bit machine
>can accomplish same task at nearly same cost with nearly same power
>consumption?
>
>The answer of course lies in the "nearly" - cut overhead where it
>makes sense.
>
>
>//Peter
>
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