[wp-hackers] WordPress 3

[Jairus Pryor]

On 5/17/07, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/17/07, Aaron Brazell <abrazell at b5media.com> wrote:
> > Only if WP plans to continue to support 2.3 after 2.4 comes out. If
> > 2.4 is the next release that gets ongoing maintenance, then 2.4
> > should be branded WP 3.
> > --
>
> I think a shift to '3' ought to be accompanied by a significant
> rearchitecting, with all the attendant downsides and advantages.
> There ought to be a lack of hindrance on the part of the devs in
> breaking old functionality in pursuit of better performance, new
> features, etc.
>
> Just my 2 Euro pence.

Agreed 100%. Winamp 5 has been around for four years -- not because
there hasn't been any significant development, but the base platform
has been the same, backwards compatibility has been maintained, etc.,
etc... I don't see version inflation as a positive thing.

Jairus Pryor