OT: 10.4 or 10.04

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On 06/09/10 17:07, Rashkae wrote:
> M.R. wrote:
>
>> To me, 10.4 and 10.04 is the same. In case of Ubuntu version numbers,
>> "4" (or "04" if we are to follow the vendor's style) denotes month of
>> April. If anything, those that for reasons best known to themselves
>> decided that a month ordinal number should be written with a leading
>> zero are probably the first to deserve some criticism. But it hardly
>> matters...
>>
>> mr
>>
>>
>
> No, it really matters.  Ubuntu people know that the numbers used for
> versions are chosen based on date of release, but that's not in any way
> a convention.  For the rest of the world, the higher the version number,
> the newer the release.
>
> 10.4>  10.1>  10.04   You see?  If you refer to 10.04 as 10.4, you are
> implying it's a newer release than 10.10

The confusion arises because they use a dot to separate year and month, 
creating the misconception that they are "classical" release numbers. 
They should write it down 10/4, 10/10, 11/4 , that is, like *dates*, 
because that's what they are.