On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:07:16AM -0400, andré wrote: >>> How about instead of using 0 or 1, use the month number instead? So, .3 >>> for a release made in March. That way we are always "up to date" and can >>> allow for release schedules slipping or having a 3rd release within a year >>> if needed / fitting. >>> >> Such versioning is bad. It forces you into time limit like it is with >> Ubuntu. And i don't >> like it. When the release needs to be delayed it's better to do so. Not to >> push it out and >> then land loads of fixes on it like has happened to Ubuntu. Also you don't >> have to remember >> which month it was released in year 2008. Was it 2008.3 or 2008.5? >> > It is a lot simpler to use 0 or 1. > If the month is used, and there is a delay for some reason, would you > want to have to change the names of 100's of files ? > Including the dependancies in the RPM's ? > Otherwise, the month would have no more meaning than 0 or 1.
I don't see why you'd want to put the release name in the name of a RPM anyway. > And why would you want 3 releases in a year ? With the pace of changes > in Linux, 2 seems just right. If there are any important updates, for > security, for instance, that is already built into the Mandriva system > we are inheriting (like virtually all others). I don't think it is too unlikely to have a December scheduled release slipping to January. What do you do in that event?o Remco
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