On the subject of naming the Dapper successor

[dave]

On 2/19/06, Benj. Mako Hill <mako at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> <quote who="Mark Shuttleworth" date="Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 09:43:28AM
> +0000">
> > Well, as Matt pointed out the short year is cleaner and simpler, and
> > still accurate. I do aree that the decimal point can confuse folks,
> > since .10 is less than .4.
> >
> > How about 6-04?
> >
> > Does the dash reduce the risk of sort-order confusion?
>
> I think yes. A little. It may be the best balance between not changing
> what we have right now to drastically, and confusing people, and
> staying with what we have now, and confusing people. ;)
>
> Regards,
> Mako


Please, no....

As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, once you point out what the
"version" means, it makes sense. Whenever I say it aloud, I usually go with
"five-ten" or "five-oh-four". The people I've introduced to Ubuntu seem to
have no real problem understanding this.

My opinion? Stick with what we've got while making a real effort at
minimizing the confusion when in front of newbies (or writing for them). I
think Ubuntu got this one right the 1st time around.

dave
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