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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


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