Pixel wrote:
> we had 2 possibilities:
> [2] - name the updated-7.2 7.2.1, but marketing people don't accept this.
They were happy enough with 7.0-2, so why not call the downloadable 7.2-2? Or
7.2pl1?
The whole basic point (raison d'etre, is that the right French?) in release
numbers is not to impress customers but to inform customers. You may have some
trouble convincing marketing of this, but OTOH it will improve your Net support
(and debugging) out of sight if you regularly make ``point releases'' available
on the 'net.
That way, instead of people having ``7.2, which I last updated on 02 November
2000'' they have ``7.2.1'' or whatever, which instantly describes to you, Pixel,
expert in Mdk distributions, the set of applications and updates to hand. Not
only that, net customers can update en bloc when they see a point release rather
than randomly, and they can quickly burn a CD with all of the updates since the
last minor release without having to fuss around with rsync and maybe dodgy
scripts.
Point releases would be for significant additions like KDE 2, Gnome releases,
the next StarOffice, or significant updates like afixes for glaring
random-internet-drone-gets-root-access security holes. They would not normally
have boxed sets, as such, or perhaps new stock of 7.2 would get point releases
silently included without more change to the boxed set than a one-sheet or even
one-line erratum as it went out the door.
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