Re: [ide-dev] Dropping the release names (Neon, Oxygen) from user downlo

[Gunnar Wagenknecht <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

May I suggest dropping the "20" and just go with a 2-digit year?

Eclipse 16.0

Eclipse 16.1

Eclipse 16.2

Eclipse 17.0

Eclipse 17.1

Eclipse 17.2

Eclipse 18.0

Eclipse 18.1

Eclipse 18.2

IMHO, the 20 is unnecessary and adds clutter. I also think the year scheme feels dated. Yes, I do not worry about the year 2100. :)

-Gunnar

On 28 Apr 2016, at 15:33, Tracy Miranda <tracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all, 

In thinking about the Eclipse IDE more as a product, I want to toss up the suggestion of dropping the release names i.e Neon, Oxygen from anything user facing i.e. download site, etc. 

I wrote up these thoughts in a post https://kichwacoders.com/2016/04/28/why-its-time-to-kill-the-eclipse-release-namesneon-oxygen-etc/

The summary is that they unnecessarily add confusion for anyone not intimately familiar with Eclipse. I suggest replacing the releases simply with the year they go out. Perhaps with some convention for intermediate releases.

Thoughts?

Regards,

Tracy 

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