Re: 4.0 vs 3.8 again

[John W. Eaton]

On 11/19/2013 11:34 PM, Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> On 11/19/2013 12:37 PM, Michael D. Godfrey wrote:

> > Is it worth considering a 3.8 release without the GUI, and a 4.0 release
> > with
> > GUI when the GUI is definitely suitable for general use on all platforms?
> > This may satisfy the differing views about 3.8 and 4.0 and avoid
> > releasing
> > a buggy GUI.
>
> This is an idea worth considering.  Make the 3.8 version with the GUI
> off by default but still available with "--with-gui" or something.

I agree that we should consider doing this.

> I've been inclined to think 3.8, but I could be convinced to go with 4.0
> based upon how much has changed, how long this has taken and how long it
> will be before a follow-up release comes.  I think a followup release
> will be a while off, because there are fundamental things that will need
> to be changed in order to allow advancing.  Those would include: a more
> flexible method than callbacks (thereby allowing more developers to
> help), a means to transfer command results to the GUI (some is done
> there) for advanced features, and what is turning out to be interrupt
> issues.  Spending more time with those types of things to get a good
> footing would help in the long run.

I agree.  I'm not sure how long it will take, but I doubt that it will 
be less than 6 months.

jwe