<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000"> John Arbash Meinel wrote: <blockquote type="cite">In the end, I think *my* preferred numbering is: 2.X - stable release (every 6mo) 2.YbetaZ - monthly dev release in preparation for the next stable 2.Y release 3.0 - new default disk format, happens somewhere in the 12-24 mo from the time we release 2.0 </blockquote> Yes, bumping the major version when the default format changes makes sense. It would also make sense if there were very significant changes that didn't necessarily involve a format change, but affected plugins or performance. Mark </body> </html>