On 2/20/06, Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com> wrote:
between 4.6 and 4.7 should really be major release number changes, e.g 4.6 -> 5.0, not point releases.
I disagree. If I can simplify the last six months of work:
FormAPI or, as I prefer, FAPI. Security/validation related to FAPI
This is a framework/API "developer feature", and not something that the end-user will ever care to appreciate. Taking FAPI out of the equation, I don't really see the number of *important* features that would make justify a 5.0 release.
Morbus The impact of under the hood changes does affect end users, but in an indirect way. - Modules: Many would not work at all between point releases because the API is broken. - Upgrades: Significant database changes affect upgrade and modules as well. So, even though they do not see tangible things in Drupal, the version number sends a message for compatibility, ...etc.