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Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 0:55 UTC (Thu) by tjc (subscriber, #137)
In reply to: Strange release versioning system (off-topic) by pr1268
Parent article: Planning for Ubuntu 8.10ish - The Intrepid Ibex

year.month

So 4.10 was released October 2004.


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Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 1:04 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

Oh wow! I'm so much more enlightened. In fact, I really like any versioning system based on dates.

Thank you, tjc, for this information. And my apologies to the Ubuntu developers and users for sounding flippant above.

Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 3:04 UTC (Thu) by louie (subscriber, #3285) [Link]

It would certainly be more clear if they used an '0' in front of the year; you're not the
first to be confused.

Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 4:20 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

Well, here's a thought (and maybe Ubuntu has planned this already): Come next decade, the releases will have a 2-digit major (i.e. year) release number, as in ver. 12.3 being released in March, 2012.

By then the release name will be somewhere around "Slimey Snake" or "Terrible Tapir" (just kidding!).

Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 11:39 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]

In fact, if the 6 moth release cycle is kept, Ubuntu 12.4 will have a code name beginning with
the letter "P"... And we will have a problem after 17.4 (Zooming Zebra) is out!

Strange release versioning system (off-topic)

Posted Feb 21, 2008 13:06 UTC (Thu) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link]

Not at all, the 17.10 [ing [eater will be the best release ever! ;)

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