Names and Numbers for Ubuntu (was Re: On the subject of naming the Dapper successor)

[Daniel Robitaille]

> We have a convention, we have broken our own convention, however it is
> an easy enough situation to just re-educate both the media and ourselves
> as Jane suggested.
>
> For review:
> We have had 3 development editions.
> Warty Warthog
> Hoary Hedgehog
> Breezy Badger
> We are currently in close to the two thirds line in terms of the current
> development edition.
> Dapper Drake
>
> We have had three releases.
> 4.10
> 5.04
> 5.10
> We are currently expecting the arrival of:
> 6.04
> On the 20th of April 2006.
>
> We don't need a new numbering scheme, we just need to call 5.10, 5.10.
> Thus proving cool names exist for development, and when someone asks is
> dapper coming out the correct answer should be, "We expect Dapper Drake
> to be release 6.04.", this way we do not correct people but reinforce
> the idea that the development name is not the release.
> Confusion, what confusion? :-)

so what you tell users who want to upgrade to 5.10?  Go look at the wiki page:
 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BreezyUpgrade

(note it's name), and follow its instructions: replace hoary by breezy
in synaptic, or source.list.

Personally I don't mind the codenames or the number system.  But I
think we should stick to one or the other at all time; not switch
between one system to the other pre and post release.  The end result
of this dual system is both systems being used.



--
Daniel Robitaille