How should we create / adjust tags to account for Godot versioning?

Question

Godot 4.x has numerous differences from 3.x, so it seems logical that it should have its own tag. But that would leave us with Godot & Godot4, which seems a bit confusing.

Potentially complicating things, both 3.x & 4.x have standard versions & versions with .Net/C# support. I'd favor using separate tags to indicate C# use rather than add something like Godot4C# as its own tag, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Answer 1

I propose the following:

Keep the unversioned godot tag

This tag would act as a default landing point for less experienced users that aren't familiar with the version differences. It also would serve general Godot questions that aren't affected by or concerned with version differences.

Add versioned tags for both godot3 & godot4

These allow users that are familiar with &/or affected by version differences to signal their needs up front.

Retag godot with versioned tags where applicable

As indicated in the comments, there's about 200 total Godot questions. Filtering with search we have:

• Only four of them include 4 in the title.
• About 50 include 4 anywhere.
• Six with 3 in the title.
• 60-70 with 3 anywhere.

I'd say we retag the ones with versions mentioned in the title first. If folks want look through the others, that's great, but if not, we can leave them to be organically retagged over time as needed.

Update the tag guidance to reflect the above changes

Generally a good idea, though I question how often it gets read.

I patterned this solution based on how we handled directx & the related version tags.

One problem with this solution is that there may be times where a question gets tags with version X, but the situation isn't really version specific. I'm not sure if we should advise domain experts to notice this and retag with godot instead or if it's fine to leave it up to the reader to determine which posts to read through.

Also, I'm not sure if versions 1 & 2 need tags of their own or not. Currently we have:

• Zero questions created between 2012 to Feb 2016 which covers the time between Godot 1 & 2 being released. This is just the "certainly version 1" range as it's possible that Godot 1 questions could have been asked after 2015.
• 37 questions created between Feb 2016 to 2017 which covers the time between Godot 2 & 3 being released; this is the "certainly < version 3" range.

I based the above off the data in the Godot release policy page.