From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 4 9:43:37 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BE537B718 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id JAA07281; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:43:10 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda07279; Sun Mar 4 09:42:56 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f24Hgpq10640; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:42:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdP10351; Sun Mar 4 09:42:17 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.3/8.9.1) id f24HgGk09191; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:42:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103041742.f24HgGk09191@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdef9186; Sun Mar 4 09:41:37 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: schubert To: Andrew Hesford , Tom , FreeBSD-stable Subject: Re: Version Numbering In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 04 Mar 2001 09:28:07 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 09:41:36 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Tom writes: > > 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. Agreed, I don't want to see this discussion again. > > > 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. I had a snide remark about windows that might have been appropriate at another time and in another place, however this topic doesn't belong here, it's been discussed to death and a decision has been made. Anyone who still wants to discuss this topic, take it to -chat and quit wasting our time! Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message