Il gio, 2002-05-02 alle 23:00, Manoj Srivastava ha scritto:
> >>"Federico" == Federico Di Gregorio <fog@initd.org> writes:
> >> Hmm. Why don't we follow the common versioning scheme of
> >> 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1.0. 3.1.1, etc?
>
> Federico> this was discussed a long ago. the rN is a concession to
> Federico> the CD distributors that don't want to print a large number
> Federico> of CD with the fear of Debian releasing a 'new' (note
> Federico> quoting) version. i don't agree but it was decided that
> Federico> 3.0rN looks less scary than 3.0.N.
>
> I remember that. Does the argument still hold water? Do CD
> manufacturers care? I seem to recall people selling the rN versions
> as well for potato.
sure. as i said i don't like that versioning scheme, but it worked until
now and keept everybody happy. why change it?
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Federico Di Gregorio
Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org
INIT.D Developer fog@initd.org
I came like Water, and like Wind I go. -- Omar Khayam
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