Version numbering post 1.0

[Wichmann, Mats D]

bazaar-bounces at lists.canonical.com wrote:
> I think different releases have different consequences for
> users, such as
> 
> * this fixes a serious bug; everyone should upgrade now
> * this fixes some bugs and has internal cleanups; if you're not
> affected by those bugs there's no rush to upgrade
> * this is much faster; if you want that then upgrade
> * this has a new default format; if you upgrade to this then older
> clients won't be able to understand you
> * this has a great new feature
> * this has a lot of changes
> 
> Our releases are pretty solid and well run, so it's reasonable for
> people to upgrade on every release, but as Ian says for various
> reasons not everyone will want to.  So we need to have some way to
> help people make their decisions on their own criteria.

The main issue we've run into is that people run a specific
distribution and are anything from uninterested to totally
unwilling to install anything other than a distro-provided
package of bzr.  So if you're running Debian Stable, say,
you're stuck on 0.11 for a "very long time".