Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

Yes, but this is how the naming process works in software versions and engineering updates.

long sequences of minor releases (7.6, in the current case) are
getting boring and not important for the users (for both enterprise and
individual profiles).
Here's the guide in the Cell Phone Standards -
The contents of the present documentare subject to continuing work within the development group and 
may changefollowing formal development group approval. Should the development group modify the 
contents ofthe present document, it will be re-released by the development group with anidentifying 
change of release date and an increase in version numberas follows:
A.x.y.z

where A is the major revision number. (version 7 in our case)
and where x.y.z arethe version number of the standard Awhere:x the first digit:1 presented to the 
development group for information;2 presented to the development group for approval to next level3 
or greater indicates the development group approved document underchange control.y the second digit 
is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e.technical enhancements, corrections, updates, 
etc.z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes havebeen incorporated in the 
document.


Ben Levitan 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco <gbpacheco@gmail.com>
To: TDF Devs <libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org>; TDF Marketing <marketing@global.libreoffice.org>; 
TDF Design <design@global.libreoffice.org>
Sent: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 5:05 pm
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

Hi Eyal, all!

 I also respectfully disagree with you on some points. ;D

 I like the idea to move to 8, even with no big technical innovation (if we
have, for sure it will be better).

 IMHO, long sequences of minor releases (7.6, in the current case) are
getting boring and not important for the users (for both enterprise and
individual profiles).

 I'm not saying that we should embrace the Firefox approach, but thinking
about Italo's idea (8 <-> infinite), I guess the message of this version
could be consolidation, not exactly innovation.

Best
Gustavo


On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:23 AM Eyal Rozenberg <eyalroz1@gmx.com> wrote:

> I respectfully disagree with Italo.
>
> First, about the "frame of reference". In my opinion, decisions such as
> major version number bumping are not, first and foremost, marketing
> decisions. That is a _consideration_, since the version number is
> declarative than technical. But - such an action should be "truthful"
> before being "marketable".
>
> It is more important, in my opinion, that users and potential users
> receive trustworthy signaling from the project - not just w.r.t. version
> numbers, but generally - than for the media to get a gimmick for coverage.
>
> A second point is that bumping a version number without a major
> innovation moves you a few more steps into the category of, say, Firefox
> and such, where versions just increase automatically with no meaning
> whatsoever. Italo, you said we are perceived as a "real innovator";
> well, when a real innovator starts having hollow version number bumping,
> that perception fades.
>
> Finally, everyone who likes the marketing potential of version 8 -
> great, but - keep that benefit for when we have a significant step
> forward to celebrate. Don't squander it.
>
>
> Eyal
>
> PS:  availability on a new platform is not a reason to bump a version
> number. It's the "same" software, but built for another target, so same
> version as before. IMHO anyway.
>
>
>
> On 27/03/2023 20:11, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> > Moving to LibreOffice 8 (instead of 7.6) makes sense for marketing
> > purposes, as media is looking at LibreOffice as the real innovator in
> > the open source office suite market, and the feeling of journalists is
> > that we are forever stuck at 7.x.
> >
> > We all know that the next version will not include any significant
> > innovation which can justify the change of version, apart from the new
> > build system for Windows and the availability of LibreOffice for Arm
> > processors on Windows (which has not been announced).
> >
> > Playing with the number 8, which can be rotated 90° to become the
> > "infinite" symbol, we can frame the next version as LibreOffice for an
> > infinite number of users, as we cover all hardware platforms and all
> > operating systems for personal productivity.
> >
> > This is my opinion. If the community wants to stick with 7.6, I won't
> > insist. I have received enough insults both public and private for the
> > marketing plan, and I am still receiving them from a few people, that I
> > am not willing to enter into that process again (even if the decision on
> > the "community" tag has not been mine, but it looks like people have a
> > very short memory).
> >
> > Looking forward to your thoughts.
>
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