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

[Corey Burger]

On 2/16/06, Paul Sladen <ubuntu at paul.sladen.org> wrote:
> 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
> --
> Britain is just cold, in a pesky way.  Nottingham, GB

The problem you have is that of just using the number is that people
then question which release it is. Is that Dapper? For the wiki I have
defaulted to Ubuntu X.XX (Code Name) to clearly reference both.

Corey