Brave new (1.0) world.

[Allison Randal]

Geoffrey Broadwell wrote:
> 
> Several of us have argued against X.5, preferring just X.0 incremented
> twice as fast.  But you still seem resistant to this change.  Why?

Incrementing the major version number every year is already pretty 
extreme, but seems appropriate given how the fast Parrot core is 
developing over the next couple of years. Incrementing it every 6 months 
presents an unprofessional image, a sense of instability, that Parrot is 
changing all the time. That's our biggest problem at the moment, we 
can't get into distributions because they need stability, and we're a 
moving target.

And yes, this does mean we're paying some attention to the value 
outsiders attach to version numbers, even if internally we put more 
value on the monthly releases. Like it or not, about a year ago we hit a 
a phase of project maturity where our external professional appearance 
affects adoption, which affects the future health of the project.

Allison