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Re: version number changes

bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) writes:

> It seems the marketing problem with frequent point releases is not so much
> that we update the CD or the FTP archive, it's that we change the version
> number of the system. Perhaps we should not change the version number, and
> just put a date on the CD or something that would indicate when it was
> taken from the FTP archive. This would mean we could issue updates
> regularly, and issue updated CDs when appropriate, but keep the version
> number the same. For example, the X package change is something we did for
> Richard Stallman, but isn't the least bit important to the end-user and
> doesn't really warrant a version number change.

Ick.  I like it the way it was -- it was easy to know exactly what
sort of system was being run.

I REALLY dislike the RedHat method of releasing "slipstream" upgrades
-- so, for instance, RedHat 4.2 really means nothing because you could
have various editions of RH 4.2.  I do NOT want to see Debian go this
way.

I see no problem with frequent point releases.  Version numbers have
no particular connotation wrt stability; instead, I see it as a
positive thing because I can always get the newest software.

-- 
John Goerzen          | Running Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org)
Custom Programming    | 
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