Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 11:32:34 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>, FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Version Numbering Message-ID: <3AA27C32.C85E47FE@math.missouri.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10103040926460.35019-100000@athena.uniserve.ca>
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I think that Andrew was just having fun. Tom wrote: > > 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 -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu http://www.math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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