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Separate next release from language release
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lizmat committed Aug 20, 2019
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### Versioning

Because the next language release (6.e) may not coincide with
the rename, no changes to versioning of the language need to be done.
However, since a new language version would be an excellent marketing
opportunity, maybe the rename should coincide with a new language version
relese.
the rename, no changes to versioning of the language need to be done. The
next release *will* however be a Raku release, but should be otherwise
completely compatible with previous releases.

A new *language* version would be the opportunity to make the name change
more widely known with associated marketing efforts. But this will *not*
be with the next (monthlyish) release.

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AlexDaniel Aug 20, 2019

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OK now I'm confused because here we are talking about Rakudo releases?

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vrurg Aug 20, 2019

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Makes sense for those who's still messing up Rakudo with the language. But as long Rakudo itself shouldn't be part of this PR this really shouldn't be here, perhaps.


Given we are no longer forced to have "6" in the version, there are now
more options to do language versioning properly, and this aspect will
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