RE: [eclipse-dev] Planning Meeting Notes - Nov 8, 2006

["Walter Harley" <wharley@xxxxxxx>]

Ian Skerrett wrote (and Jeff quoted):
> As a wild idea [...] why not just call it Eclipse 6.  
> Next year call the release Eclipse 7.   

As long as we don't start repeating the tactic Sun took with Java and
Solaris, of "Eclipse 3 Release 6" or whatever.  Anything but that :-@

But if we're going for year-named versions, why not go all the way?
Eclipse 2006, Eclipse 2007.

It seems that every component-based software product hits this naming
issue, somewhere midway through its 2.x or 3.x versions.  Each possible
scheme has its flaws.  The main flaw with the "Version 2006" scheme is
that if you don't release every year, your current version starts
looking pretty stale; but that's not much of a problem for Eclipse,
although perhaps it would be for vendors building products on top of
Eclipse.  (Another flaw is that it feels Microsoft-ish.)

I suspect that the distinctions we're drawing between release event,
collection of features, etc. are largely lost on the end user.  Whether
as an IDE or as a development platform, Eclipse is just one of many
tools that people use to get their job done.  The more plain and simple
we can be, the better.

Thanks,
  -walter
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