Re: Version numbers of apps in the gnome desktop.

[Jaap Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>]

Elijah Newren wrote:
> On 9/10/05, Jaap Haitsma <jaap haitsma org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currently most of the applications which are part of the gnome-desktop
> > are the same 2.12 however some apps like evolution, totem, gnome-volume
> > manager, epiphany (and maybe a couple more) have different version numbers.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be handier when apps are entering the gnome-desktop to have
> > their version numbers bumped to the current gnome version. This way it
> > is clearer to users that of all the gnome-desktop apps they run the
> > latest version.
>
>
> Yes, it would be much handier for many people (including the release
> team, or at least me).  This is a basic guideline, combined with
> others it is written out as http://developer.gnome.org/gep/gep-4.html.
>  This GEP was written before my time, but I'm guessing it was probably
> too hard to make it a strict requirement at the time, and I think it
> probably still is now, but it doesn't hurt to ask individual app
> authors if they'd be willing to switch version numbering.  It seems a
> few more do so every release or so.  (e.g. ORBit recently was made to
> match, gdm will do so soon...)
Out of curiosity. Why would it be a problem to make it a requirement to 
bump the version number?

Jaap