[OPEN-ILS-DEV] [RM] Call for roadmap entries for Evergreen 3.0

[Jason Stephenson]

Quoting Chris Sharp <csharp at georgialibraries.org>:

>
> I think the criterion for a "3.0" release is pretty straightforward.  
>  If the web client will be fully usable in all major functionality  
> (Circulation, Cataloging, Administration, Acquisitions), with  
> multiple printer options and standalone in place and easily  
> installable by a reasonably experienced Windows administrator, we  
> should call it 3.0 and have a big splash news release about it.  If  
> not, I think we should go with 2.10.
>
> I agree that beating the dead horse of release numbering in general  
> is not productive, but as with 2.0 several years ago, 3.0 should  
> mean more than "that number was next".

I just want to say that for the most part, I agree with Chris. I'm not
married to version numbers, but I've long thought 3.0 should be reserved
for when the browser staff client is recommended over the XUL client.


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Jason Stephenson
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