Nextcloud used to be called nextcloud and use simple numeric versioning. Then it gained a âhubâ moniker for some reason. Now it seems the latest version is âNextcloud Hub 11 (23)â. Why has it jumped down to 11 again? Why has 23 gone in parenthasis? Or is it Nextcloud Hub II (i.e. 2 in roman numerals) in which case, whyâs it jumped down to 2. And why does Hub now need a 2 / II / 11 after it?
These changes have made things a lot more confusing. Iâm assuming youâre not pulling numbers and names out of hats? Any help understanding this would be fab.
Itâs Nextloud Hub II (2 in roman numerals). But thatâs just marketing, because they wanted to emphasize that Nextcloud is more than just file sharing. Itâs supposed to be a hub for files, collaboration, communication, etc⌠And with the âIIâ they wanted to highlight that they had taken another big step forward.
What is relevant for the admin however is the actual version number, and this can be seen on the download page, in the changelogs, in the product itself under âOverview â Versionâ, basically everywhereâŚ
Yes the scheme of Ubuntu is great. But simple ascending numbers with point releases for minor updates as with Debian or Nextcloud are also ok for me. And I also donât really care what names the âmarketing departmentsâ come up with. Alltough, In this case, I think that the additional versioning in the name would have been better left out. This only leads to confusion, as you can see from this thread. However, I donât really care enough about such details to be really annoyed by themâŚ
OK, thanks for explaining/reassuring that itâs just someone in marketing - perhaps theyâre paid per word
I love the idea that ânextcloudâ means âfiles onlyâ but adding âhubâ means something else. When did âcloudâ (or ânextâ) mean files? I guess if someone already knew about nextcloud from ages ago when it just did files, then maybe theyâre reaching out to those people. But to me âhubâ sounds like a central filing space anyway rather than integrated groupware apps.
I look forward to the next release, which will presumably be Nextcloud Hubimus Maximus IV+ extra, community edition, season 2 or some such.
When I first saw the notifications about âNextCloud Hubâ, I assumed it was going to be some kind of premium hosted version, leaving we self-hosting users to suffer a slow degradation as new features were only added to the premium version.
I was very happy to find out that wasnât the case, but I think as a marketing strategy, it was poorly thought out.