Skip to main content

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [List Home]
Re: [eclipse-dev] Versioning with single stream

+1 for keeping the current increase of 100.

I have not seen patches in the past, in which the 100 was a (big) issue.



On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Mickael Istria <mistria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> > and unknown at all for the other(s?) dozen million of developers in the
>> > world ;)
>>
>> We do have that many contributors?
>
>
> Not yet.
>
>>
>> Where are they?
>
>
> Good question, maybe they've been intimidated by all the specifics of
> Eclipse contribution process where most other projects standardize on the
> same process (GitHub, SemVer...). I think this is one example of what makes
> contribution barrier too high for some contributors - but not the main one,
> I admit.
>
>>
>> And, whether the increase is 100 or 1 or 10, it needs to be known.
>
>
> All other projects naturally increase by 1, so +0.0.100 is an Eclipse oddity
> that's not natural to potential new contributors.
>
> But, sincerely: I don't think it's that important and it doesn't deserve
> spending so much time on it. I was mostly in a trolling mood when I started
> answering that thread.
>
> _______________________________________________
> eclipse-dev mailing list
> eclipse-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from
> this list, visit
> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/eclipse-dev



-- 
Eclipse Platform project co-lead
CEO vogella GmbH

Haindaalwisch 17a, 22395 Hamburg
Amtsgericht Hamburg: HRB 127058
Geschäftsführer: Lars Vogel, Jennifer Nerlich de Vogel
USt-IdNr.: DE284122352
Fax (040) 5247 6322, Email: lars.vogel@xxxxxxxxxxx, Web: http://www.vogella.com


Back to the top