[llvm-dev] [cfe-dev] What version comes after 3.9? (Was: [3.9 Release] Release plan and call for testers)

[Chris Lattner via llvm-dev]

On Jun 27, 2016, at 8:26 AM, Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> That's what concerns me about going to the scheme Richard and Rafael
> suggested, of bumping the major version each time: we'd release 4.0,
> and would Tom's dot-release then be 4.1? That would be confusing to
> those who are used to our current scheme. Chris suggested going
> straight to 40 to avoid this, but that also seems a bit extreme.

Extreme how?  What do you mean by “extreme"?

-Chris