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Originally posted by TheCycoONE View PostI think the geometry shader thing is just because it's the major component for 3.2 (3.3 is pretty much done except for 3.2 stuff), so they're still just bumping major versions with each opengl version bump. No version inflation going on, just using the same scheme they always have, but the time between 2.1 and 3 was a lot longer.
Speaking of geometry shaders, since most of you haven't gotten a progress update on that in the last couple of weeks, here's an update. I had a frustrating week or so but progress is back on track as of yesterday. There's still some more stuff to do in the code, but the biggest remaining things before it's ready for sending to the Mesa mailing list are writing Piglit tests for geometry shaders, squashing any Piglit regressions in existing tests, and creating an actual, logically ordered patchset from the changes.
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Originally posted by droidhacker View PostVersion number bumping has become very popular lately.
Firefox used to stand for years on 1.x/2.x versions, lately they've been running a major version what seems like every month.
Linux kernel took the major jump from 2.x to 3.x after sitting on 2.6.x for something like 8 years.
MS used to slowly increment their 3.x wondoze, then their 4.x, now suddenly they're going from 5 to 6 (visturd), 7, 8 in a matter of no time.
For the kernel, it's kind of similar - it'd been stuck on 2.6.x for so long, that Linus figured the first two digits had become meaningless and the third was getting too big, and so he might as well change the scheme and release 3.0.
Can't speak for Windows, but I think it's tied to significant architectural changes - a major marketing release might have a new version, or it might just be a minor bump if the behind-the-scenes changes aren't too big.
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I joined Mesa during the 7.x era and bumping the version twice in a row doesn't feel right.
Originally posted by Delgarde View PostFor the kernel, it's kind of similar - it'd been stuck on 2.6.x for so long, that Linus figured the first two digits had become meaningless and the third was getting too big, and so he might as well change the scheme and release 3.0.
Like somebody said, Windows Seven/8 is a marketing name. Windows 8 will probably be Windows NT 6.2 internally.
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