Version naming

[Scott Kitterman]

"Mark Ellse" <mde at chaseacademy.com> wrote:

>Each version of Ubuntu has, effectively, three names.
>
>For instance, the latest release is:
>
>Ubuntu Karmic          or is it Ubuntu 9.10?        or is it Ubuntu Koala?
>
>The presence of these three names makes it difficult to know how to search
>for issues with a particular version.
>
>It would be much better if each version of Ubuntu was always referred to by
>a single name and if two of these three ways of referring to a version were
>dropped.

It's actually simpler than that: 

Before release - code name 
After release - release number 

Today the current release is Ubuntu 9.10.  We are developing Lucid Lynx, which will become Ubuntu 10.04 at release.   

Since the release is date based,  it's number can't be set in stone too far in advance (6.06 was originally expected to be 6.04).

Scott K