On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:07 PM, andré <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sander Lepik a écrit : > > 02.10.2010 18:22, Remco Rijnders kirjutas: >> >> >>> On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 03:13:27PM +0000, André Machado wrote: >>> >>> * Mageia 2011.0 ? >>> * Mageia 2001.1 ? >>> * Mageia 11.01 ? :D >>> * Mageia 1.0 ? >>> >>> >> 20xx.0 -> 20xx.1 is perfect. Tho' 20xx.0 should be released at spring >> time and 20xx.1 later >> the same year. At the moment it doesn't make sense and many friends have >> asked why is 20xy >> released in 20x(y-1). >> >> > Exactly. Mandriva version numbering sounds like we are selling cars. (You > know, all image and no substance.) > So let's go for Mageia 2010.1 if we can do it this fall. (Hopefully) > And Mageia 2011.0 in the spring. > Note that we will have to recompile to change Mandriva to Mageia, so > changing the version number should cause no problem. > > 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. > > 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). > >> -- >> Sander >> >> > - André (andre999) > > Why not make them read the version info from one place? (on a long term...)
