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

[Pete Ryland]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 03:53:03PM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> .0 and .1 have the disadvantage of clashing with traditional software
> release numbering, where .0 releases are "special" (usually the first
> release of a new product or new branch of code), while in Ubuntu, our
> releases are essentially all incremental.
> 
> I don't have any particular objection to .1 and .2, but I do prefer the
> month-based numbering as it carries more useful information about the
> release.

I guess no matter what scheme is chosen, it's always a compromise. :-)  It's
a pity some find the .04/.10 thing confusing since it's indeed an otherwise
good scheme for Ubuntu's release cycle.

> In any case, the 6.04 version number for Dapper is already established.
> Given that we're shaking things up in many other ways after Dapper, it's
> possible that we could entertain a change at that time.

Oh, I don't think anyone was entertaining the idea anything would change for
Dapper, or indeed after Dapper, just playing with the idea.  But nice to
know it will be considered at some stage.

I just hope a change won't involve an epoch number! :-)

Pete