From 8d56a31df357f75bc594a34b9a9981f177b9a3b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: casey langen Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:07:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Created major release versions (markdown) --- major-release-versions.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 major-release-versions.md diff --git a/major-release-versions.md b/major-release-versions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c5d5b44 --- /dev/null +++ b/major-release-versions.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +In 2023 we jumped from version 0.99.8 to 3.0.0 -- what's the deal with that? Where is 1.0? + +Well, version 1.0 was originally released in 2007. + +* https://musikcube.com/old/ + +Development of version 2.0 started sometime in 2009, I believe, but was never fully realized; I had a job that cited a conflict of interest and prevented me from contributing further. + +* https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/releases/tag/mC2dm3 + +In about 2015, a while after changing employers, I resumed development. Unfortunately, the 2.0 code had been sitting dormant for more than half a decade and had started to rot, and most of the original contributors had moved on. At the time I wanted to build a new version just for myself, so I started hacking on it, eventually releasing a 0.2.1 version called. I should have called it 3.2.1 or something, but didn't, because I never thought anyone would actually use a terminal-based music player. + +* https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/releases/tag/0.2.1 + +However, to my surprise, people *did* eventually start using it. + +So, to avoid confusion with the original 1.0 release (and the never-finished 2.0 release), I decided the next major ("stable") release would be 3.0.0. \ No newline at end of file