Names and Numbers for Ubuntu (was: On the subject...)

[Paul Sladen]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> (note it's name), and follow its instructions: replace hoary by breezy
> in synaptic, or source.list.

This is going to be easier if I believe it my own brain;  I think a good
first step would be change the 'sources.list' configurations so that on the
Preview (Beta) and release CDs they go out _only_ referring to the version
number, eg:

  deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu 6.04 main restricted

This is not disimilar to Debian symlinking 'stable' and 'sarge'.  I like the
idea that the number is assigned at the point of release, it accomodates the
possibility that dapper gets delayed becomes _6.05_.

Currently the references are everywhere (eg. the opening page for Firefox)
and '/etc/lsb_release'.  Is this something that is doable for 6.04?  Is it
something that people want?

	-Paul
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