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Subject: Re: The naming wars continue...
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 11:03:56PM -0400, Wakko Warner wrote:
> > The fact is, Linux naming has always sucked. Well, at least the versioning 
> > I've used. Others tend to be more organized. Me, I'm the "artistic" type, 
> > so I sometimes try to do something new, and invariably stupid. 
> 
> Given that the versioning was supposedly <major>.<minor>.<patchlevel> and
> the difference between 2.4 and 2.6 was substantial, why not just bump
> <major> instead of the minor.  Then we'd have 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1.1 (for
> stupid mistakes).  Isn't it time we move off the 2.x series and start
> thinking of the 3.x series?

Yes - lets stick to fewer numbers.  They can count faster, instead
of having a long string of them.  I hope linux doesn't
end up like X. "X11R6.8.1" The "X" itself is a counter, although
it is understandable if it never increments to "Y".  But
that "11" doesn't change much, and then there are three more numbers. :-/

I think two numbers are enough. If "4.1" was a scre-up, release
"4.2" instead of a "4.1.1".  People shouldn�'t try to readtoo
much information from the number structure - there are logs, docs and
websites for that.

Helge Hafting

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