From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 22:24:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3A5437B401 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 22:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.attbi.com (sccrmhc13.attbi.com [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 061F343F85 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 22:24:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23](untrusted sender)) by attbi.com (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20030610052414016001kuh2e>; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 05:24:15 +0000 Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 22:24:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Eric Rivas In-Reply-To: <20030610005022.289b01b9.ericr@sourmilk.net> Message-ID: <20030609221151.K23396@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <000901c32eeb$4b15d4a0$0200000a@fireball> <20030610005022.289b01b9.ericr@sourmilk.net> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 05:24:21 -0000 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Eric Rivas wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:12:18 +1000 > JacobRhoden wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:57 am, Craig Reyenga wrote: > > > Perhaps all odd major numbers should be considered development > > > versions. 5.3 would instead be called 6.0, to signify that it is > > > ready for general > > > > *shudder* sounds too much like red-hat to me! > > Does anyone else think it's a good idea that 5.1 should have been called > 5.0.1, then once 5.x goes stable, start with 5.1? No. Historically a new branch isn't considered stable till x.2, and minor version numbers are evil. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection