Re: The naming wars continue...

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 05:32:16PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
>>Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>>>Which is just another reason why the name itself is not that meaningful. 
>>>It can never carry the kind of information that people seem to _expect_ it 
>>>to carry. 
>>
>>I wasn't going to reply to this since it's your call and I've had my 
>>say, but since several others have, let me throw out one more idea on 
>>the off chance you like it:
>>
>>Stop doing the pre's on the next version! After 2.6.10 comes 2.6.10.1 
>>etc, which everyone can see are incremental changes to 2.6.10, and when 
>>you really mean it, then put out 2.6.11-rc1.
>>
>>Did that strike a nerve?
> 
> 
> 2.6.10.1, etc. suggests important bug fixes for 2.6.10, *not* prereleases
> of 2.6.11. But... perhaps (with sufficient warning) the even/odd principle
> could be applied to the third number. So, this would happen:

2.6.10.1 suggests nothing, that convention was used ONCE in the 2.6 
series. I liked the -pre convention as it was, but Linus has dropped 
that in spite of several hundred instances of its use. From that I 
conclude that if Linus like 2.6.10.1 he will use it, and if not we will 
have -rc releases which aren't release candidates. His call.

I personally think it will slow development because some people tested 
the -rc releases harder, but that's not decided by vote.

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    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
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