On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 08:58:21PM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > How about using whole number increments -- in ROMAN NVMERALS. > > The next version would be Debian IV r1 (for 'release 1'). > > The first revision of it as a stable release would be Debian IV r2. > > Actually, why not? This will (kinda) prevent direct comparisons with > other Distros/OSs because it looks totally different. IV, 8.1, 2003. No > real comparision possible, I'd say. And it would make Debian look really > special (which I think is a positive thing). As a computer scientist I cannot support the use of any numbering system which by its very nature prevents zero-indexing! ;^) noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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