<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">The way I envision it, once 5.0.0 is released, you create a 5.0 branch. Any bug fixes are applied to the branch and the trunk. New features are only applied to the trunk. Most likely, I would expect 5.0.1 to come first, as a released product is going to receive more testing and feedback than a pre-release. This release would likely come out between 1 and 3 months after product release. This would be dependent on the quantity and severity of the fixes that are found in 5.0.0.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regardless, v5.0.0 should be maintained for a set period of time (perhaps 18 months) minimum. This ensures that companies do not need to accept new features to stay current with security and bug fixes. A 5.1 release should be a minimum of 6 months out. Too many releases create a nightmare for support, and make the product appear to be less stable to the companies. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 4, 2006, at 6:20 AM, Richie wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Hi Fathi! <BR> <BR>I was referring to what release should we have post 5.0.0 ie <BR>whether the next release should be 5.0.1 or 5.1? <BR> <BR>I was not referring to the naming convention. <BR> <BR>Thanks anyway, <BR>Richie<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>---- Fathi Boudra<<A href="mailto:fboudra@free.fr">fboudra@free.fr</A>> wrote ---- <BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="border-left: 2px solid #0000FF; padding: 6px;"> <XBODY> hi ritchie,<BR><BR>Le lundi 4 septembre 2006 12:39, Richie a écrit :<BR>> I was wondering if this is a right time to start thinking of the post 5.0.0<BR>> releases. Should the next release be 5.0.1 or 5.1?<BR>><BR>> On what criteria should these be done?<BR>><BR>> I am opening this up so that we have a more community-wide view on this.<BR><BR>it's already stated on the naming conventions subject and in the wiki:<BR><A href="http://vtiger.fosslabs.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/NamingScheme">http://vtiger.fosslabs.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/wiki/NamingScheme</A><BR><BR>cheers,<BR><BR>Fathi<BR> </XBODY> </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Get started with creating presentations online - <A href="http://zohoshow.com?vt">http://zohoshow.com?vt</A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>