> --- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Beach" <pbeach@i...>
> wrote:
> > We are not going to jump version numbers, the next major release of
> > Firebird will be Fb2, with Fb3 the result of the merge between Fb2 and
> > Vulcan.
> >
> > Paul B
>
> I agree with your point. Firebird is trying to build visibility and
> changing things like this midstream is not going to help with
> communicating a clear message about the benefits of Firebird.

Exactly.

>
> At the same time, I would have preferred to see the same point
> formulated as: "This has been discussed in the foundation committee and
> there was a decision that we are not going ... etc. Please see the
> foundation website for details on how this decision was arrived at."
> That probably was what you wanted to write, but you were in a hurry :^)

In a hurry - yes and no:-) However it is not a foundation decision.
The issue re. release numbers was dicussed by the project admins ages ago when
the project was set up. This was a fairly lengthy and detailed discussion that
took in all the points that have been made recently. So it isn't the first
time that this issue has been looked at, nor will it be the last.

All of our discussions, documents, roadmap etc refer to future releases as Fb2 and Fb3.

Regards
Paul