On the subject of naming the Dapper successor

Randy Gloden sounder at microbabble.com
Wed Feb 15 23:17:03 GMT 2006


ummmm, let's nix the dog one, we don't want "That operating system runs 
like a 'dog' or any similar association :-)

I do like 2006-04, definately more intuitive.

-------Randy

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Mark Shuttleworth wrote:

> John Pinner wrote:
>
>> are relatively obscure, but Ubuntu has feisty codes like 'Breezy Badger'
>> which slip off the tongue easily and mean something to those involved,
>
>
> Feisty. Hmm.. Funny you should mention that one ;-)
>
> I do think the code names get wider attention than perhaps we 
> expected, and it's worth us having a think about how we get wider 
> adoption of the more formal release identifiers.
>
> I've also been thinking about the version numbers. Perhaps we should 
> be more explicit about the year/month thing?
>
>   Ubuntu 2006/04
>   Ubuntu 2006-04
>   Ubuntu Dog-04
>
> Thoughts welcome.
>
> Mark
>
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