[Typo3-dev] TYPO3 version 4.0.0?

[Martin T. Kutschker]

Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3] wrote:
> Hi Kasper,
> 
> 
>>I feel we are somehow locked into a bad version number cycle.
>>
>>The next version of TYPO3 has been announced as 3.6.0. This is a step of
>>0.1 over 15 months!
>>And if you look at the future plans for the core it is all about changes
>>that cannot fairly be said to justify a jump to 4.0.0 more than the
>>current release.
>>
>>In one way we could say we don't care. But psychologically it might not
>>be wise to stay with "3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.7.0,.... 3.11.0" etc. I think it
>>would be more close to the truth if we moved like "4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.5.0,
>>4.6.0, 5.0.0" etc.
>>
>>Please understand that I'm not suggestion to inflate the version numbers
>>beyond recognition. I just think we are too "humble" currently (and
>>traditionally!)
> 
> It is quite funny to have that coming from the development side of things.
> Normally the evolution of version numbers is merely a technical matter and
> marketing is trying to inflate these.

My view on a 4.0 that deserves this name is quite radical:

A major version number has the advantage that it signifies major 
changes. This is a chance for weeding out cruft. I'm thinking of stuff 
like language strings in the split syntax. Old functionalties that have 
been replaced by much better constructs and have been deprecated for a 
long time.

I'm not meaning to burn down all bridges, but risking slight 
incompatibilites for installatoins and extensions that have gathered 
dust. Something like 99,9% compatibility if the code is reasonable 
up-to-date.

Masi who not only loves to rename stuff but likes a clean code base