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The names of previous Lemmy versions were all very boring and repetetive. We need something much more creative. Any ideas?
Eh, if someone on the team is feeling creative I don't mind fun version numbers but semantic versioning is quite searchable and reduces confusion.
One does not exclude the other. You can have a fancy name and a semantic versioning.
The problem is that it is almost always just one lf them. Let's say that v0.20 is called "Fuck Spez" and v0.21 is called "YouKnowWhatFuckMuskToo".
Most people are going to refer to them by either the number or the name, almost never are both used. The biggest problem with names is that they are rarely sortable (google did it with android, for a bit but not anymore), so in the future it is hard to know which is which without resorting to looking at a list of releases.
For example, in the future when we are on v0.30 someone might say "ah, but this has been an issue since "Fuck Spez"." And then most likely you have to look it up to know what they are talking about. If we coulld force everyone to alwaya write "version "Fuck Spez" (v0.20)" then it would be great, but that never happens.
I personally prefer just semantic versioning for this reason.
People can search the name or SemVer and get the other name. It's not hard, not time-consuming, and it's way more fun. I genuinely miss when Android had dessert-themed names because it made the updates that much more exciting
I think that's the case and why I said it's fine in my OC, but the more I think about it I'm slightly concerned it might cause some fragmentation "Does anyone know how to force a user sync in Lightfoot?" and "How can I sync users (forced) in v13.8.12?"
Yeah it muddles with searching for answers, especially when the names are common things. Apple can get away with naming macOS on places in California, but itβs going to be tough searching βhaving trouble posting comments on Thorβ or whatever. The naming scheme can work, but it has to be very unique
I have exactly this problem when trying to fix issues on my MacBook :(
Hm... Good point.
Based on classification? Taken from a Wikipedia article concerning lemmings.
It's software versioning, not a new breakfast cereal
MotΓΆrhead had 23 studio albums.
This, it means sooner or later there will be a Lemmy version called Orgasmatron.
We've been notoriously bad about doing more frequent releases, but if we were to release every month, then naming them could get annoying really quickly.
I'd prefer to just stay with the semantic version numbering, like a lot of projects with a ton of releases do. Like look at react's releases.
The fun named versioning makes sense for operating systems, that release only like once a year, but not for apps, docker services, libraries, etc.
We only do major versions around once a year so those could still be named, while using numbers for minor versions. Lemmy is more user-facing than react, so it would make sense to have a more user-friendly versioning.
I'd be good with that.
So are you saying we are gonna get monthly updates ππ
I'd like that, we just have to be more disciplined about not adding breaking changes too often.
Take your time
I agree that there shouldn't be official names for versions.
No we don't.
Versioning like this is good for knowing how far off you are from current.
Hmm so you're looking for a naming theme like the old Android scheme of Desserts or MacOS California Parks.
List off the top of my head
That's all I got for now.
My vote is for the mushroom species, I also just love eating mushrooms ππ€€
Add ridiculous titles for each version. For example. Lemmy Release v0.18.1: The Revengence
I just think it would be funny to have "Are you still on Revengence? Make sure you update to Snickerdoodle" pop up from time to time.
Numbers. All the stupid ubuntu names are cheese.
It sounds a bit too soon to use release names, especially given that Lemmy is still in alpha.
When a major release comes out, I suggest using colony names (fictional or real), like the pirate republic.
In general, I like names that highlight the decentralised aspect of the fediverse.
I usually go with strange long animal names... like "Desert Cottontail"
Books of the Bible, Torah and Koran
The amount of controversy it would generate would propel Lemmy into international headlines.
or chapters from "Das Capital"
Having a name for a version would be nice for each major release (1.0.0 would have a name but 1.x.x wouldnβt, but 2.0.0 would, etc)
Call the next one Final and the one after that Final.Final
use.this.one.actually
I feel attacked.
I like the TeX version scheme, it starts with version 3. After that it's:
3.1
3.14
3.141
3.1415 etc.
Current stable release is 3.141592653. The message is that each version is a more accurate approximation of pi. It's not growing much bigger, but better.
This is fun but also incredibly awful
Just like TeX :)
The descriptions up until 0.18.5 seem very informative.
Name it after famous Lemmy's.
V1.0 - Killmister
V2.0 - Koopa
Music artists? Bands? Mountain names? Types of peppers? Either one would spice things up a bit I think lol
Maybe various rodent species?
Larry
Roy
Wendy
Iggy
Morton
Ludwig
Species of apples
Just use track titles of MotΓΆrhead. Major release could have album titles.
Instead of βrelease v20β how about βfull release v20β
Call me a shit stirer but I canβt help but wonder if this violates rule 3? Which I say not to have this removed from here but because of the IMO weirdness of not wanting any lemmy-support posts here as though lemmy isnβt a growing space in need of supporting new users.
This isn't a support question, as in a trouble shooting question. This is a question to the Lemmy community about the platform itself. Its an input/feedback request, not a "how do I use Lemmy" question.
Fair ... I don't really care that much TBH ... it just seemed to be blurring the lines and I've always been ambivalent about the strident anti-support stance of this community ... so I thought it'd put it out there.
I mean, the poster is one of the two lead developers of the Lemmy platform. He might get a pass.