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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 12:55:02 -0500
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On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 11:34:55 -0600
Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> wrote:

rkw> The "problem" is that some of the entrenched people who get the
rkw> dictate what happens understand the distinctions but fail to the
rkw> able to see the situation from the point-of-view of the "general
rkw> public". They prefer THEIR interpretation because that is the
rkw> interpretation to which THEY are accustomed. I fear that they are
rkw> suffering from the all too common problem of being too close to
rkw> something to see the broader perspective.

That's always true. But there seems to be a more obvious problem in
this naming gap: there are three reasonable release choices:

	2.1.7
	2.2
	3.0

but only two names:

	-stable
	-current

So of course there will be confusion.

I kinda like the -past, -present, and -future myself :-)