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End of life of SMF 1.0
N. N.:
MrPhil, I actually expect that some confusions may happen no matter how well we explain it. Which is why the wording and even formatting of the announcement, the wiki pages, and other details. If they're not enough, I think that, sure, we can continue to refer to it as 1.0.x, as additional care (although I think I've seen references meant to 1.1.x written as 1.0.x, too, I'm afraid). I have actually intently postponed this announcement, the start of the 1.0.x end of life timeline, to long after 2.0 release, for the same reason. There were proposals to start making this step then or around that time, but IMHO that would have likely been much more confusing: back then people were understandably wondering anyway what changes for older versions, and there were also some problems (i.e. there was an issue on the mod site accepting submissions) that we have fixed meanwhile. I think the probability of confusions between the old 1.0.x and 1.1.x would have been much higher, than today.
In addition, meanwhile we have also released patches to the SMF community for all 3 versions in current development support. (1.0.22, 1.1.16, 2.0.2)
IMHO, part of the cause of confusion is that people may have forgotten 1.0.x even exists, if they knew it at all, for years. That's a fact which makes quite unavoidable a number of confusions. Strangely enough, it means that the precise fact that it's not popularized at all for a long time, is not helping. :) (it's not even mentioned on the downloads page for years, although we're always continued to patch it too, and it is present on the patches page.)
Perhaps it would actually help if all versions, 1.0.x, 1.1.x, and 2.0.x, are mentioned on the main downloads page, at least until December 2012, the actual EOL of 1.0.x.
agridoc:
I mentioned a TimeLine for SMF after I had explained in another place that 1.0 is different than 1.1, my answer in better format
Dec. 2004: SMF 1.0 FinalDec. 2006: SMF 1.1 Final, 2 years after 1.0 Final.June 2011: SMF 2.0 Final, four and a half years after 1.1 Final and just nine monts ago.
As there is no yet any public Beta version of next SMF version, support for SMF 1.1x will continue for quite some years.
It's true that there was confusion in persons with experience.
MrPhil:
I appreciate that people who have been around for a while know the difference between 1.0.x and 1.1.x, and that the former is EOL. However, unless you're very careful in how you designate it, (e.g., "1.1x" in just the previous post), there will be untold confusion between the two. Considering that most people just say "1.x" or "1.1x" and are very sloppy about whether they mean 1.0.x or 1.1.x, I think it behooves official SMF pronouncements to make it very clear that it's the 1.0.x branch that's EOL.
青山 素子:
--- Quote from: MrPhil on April 07, 2012, 01:47:59 PM ---I think it behooves official SMF pronouncements to make it very clear that it's the 1.0.x branch that's EOL.
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I thought the original post made it quite clear. You're never going to get around the fact that some people just won't read or are stupid.
Fustrate:
--- Quote from: 青山 素子 on April 07, 2012, 02:21:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: MrPhil on April 07, 2012, 01:47:59 PM ---I think it behooves official SMF pronouncements to make it very clear that it's the 1.0.x branch that's EOL.
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I thought the original post made it quite clear. You're never going to get around the fact that some people just won't read or are stupid.
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On top of that, you'll never avoid the reality that people just won't read or are stupid.
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