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

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 01:00:10PM +0000, Pete Ryland wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:22:15AM +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> > 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
> 
> Why not even before that?  If the release name is already known, and the
> codenames are for pre-release reference only, why code them into the product
> at all?

In order to avoid confusion between development snapshots and the final
release.

For one example of where this confusion can lead, read the history of
"Debian 1.0".

> BTW, for what it's worth, I dislike the date-based version numbers too, but
> would be happy with 2006.1, 2006.2, 2007.1, etc.

I find these too long and cumbersome compared to the current format.  This
is why they were rejected in favour of the current scheme.

-- 
 - mdz