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Release-numbering change proposal

I would like to re-structure the FTP archive slightly for release
engineering. This will go back a bit to the way Guy used to handle
updates.

The contents of Debian-1.3.1 will remain constant.
A directory Debian-1.3.1-updates will be created, and will contain all
files that are updates to 1.3.1 . The directory Debian-1.3.1_revision_1
will be created and populated with symbolic links pointing back into
Debian-1.3.1 and Debian-1.3.1-updates, and "stable" will point at that.
With the 2.0 release we will go to using one decimal point rather than
two, so you would have Debian-2.0_revision_1 .

It's time for us to think seriously about marketing the release, not just
pleasing the minority who can get it or update it via FTP.
People have to be able to purchase a stable and known product for more than
two weeks running. Unfortunately, comsumers are conditioned to read the
version numbers and to never buy "old software". This definitely hit our CD
manufacturers between 1.3.0 and 1.3.1 - once 1.3.1 was announced, they had
a difficult time selling 1.3.0 CDs. Given that we have set up a _very_
competetive market for these CDs and very small margins, it makes sense
for us to not pull the rug out from under them without cause. If we can
oblige them by changing the way we number things a little, we should do so.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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Bruce Perens K6BP   bruce@debian.org   510-215-3502


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