What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 11, 2014 14:56 UTC (Wed) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
Parent article: What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Is there anything wrong with 7.0.1407?

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 11, 2014 15:13 UTC (Wed) by Tara_Li (guest, #26706) [Link] (2 responses)

Or 7.0(CentOS 20140611sig)?

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 11, 2014 15:40 UTC (Wed) by salimma (subscriber, #34460) [Link]

Given the concern that users are under the illusion that they're on a supported release when they use a CentOS release with a minor version behind the latest available, perhaps the reverse is safer .. CentOS 7.1407 (based on upstream 7.0) ?

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 12, 2014 20:42 UTC (Thu) by tjc (guest, #137) [Link]

Or separate version and build numbers. Version 7.0, build 1407.

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 11, 2014 16:21 UTC (Wed) by drag (guest, #31333) [Link]

> Is there anything wrong with 7.0.1407?

This. People treat Redhat 6.3 as a separate OS from Redhat 6.4 in their organizations. It takes time to test and make sure version releases are going to work well and it always involves a incremental roll out.

If we have to make configuration files for out tools to create mappings between CentOS and Redhat versions then it's going to be a huge PITA. It's much simpler using Mathstuf's scheme.

What's in a (CentOS) version number?

Posted Jun 12, 2014 22:17 UTC (Thu) by mattrose (guest, #19610) [Link]

50 posts or so on CentOS-devel and I still haven't really heard a convincing answer to that question from the centos devs. I really wish they would find someway to keep the 7.x versioning, and just add the datestamp string onto that.

Having said that, I've been on the CentOS-devel list for about 5 years, and the past few months have been really encouraging, and productive. KB and the gang have really open-ed up their build, QA, and development processes, and patches and improvements have started to trickle into the list now.