Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Version Numbering Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103040926460.35019-100000@athena.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <20010304103449.A8042@cec.wustl.edu>
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > What with all the version inflation going on in the Linux world, I have > an idea for FreeBSD. > > Forget 4.3-STABLE. Skip to 4.4. And rather than calling it FreeBSD > 4.4-STABLE, call it 4.4FreeBSD. That way, we can show off the roots of > FreeBSD and make it sound cool, too! This discussion already occured over a year ago. Use the archive. > Or, we can stop people from asking, "Why is RedHat in version 7, > Mandrake almost in version 8, and FreeBSD only in 4?" (assuming RedHat > users even know what FreeBSD is). Just call the next release FreeBSD > 10.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 2001-STABLE. Are people seriously fooled by version numbers? I've never seen anyone on this list ask why the version number wasn't bigger. > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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