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Re: should etch be Debian 4.0 ?



On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:15:27PM -0700, Philippe Troin wrote:
> "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 11:57:25AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote:
> > > I'm already seeing documentation referring to "Debian 3.2 (etch)".  Is
> > > this really what we want?
> > > 
> > > I remember some of us belatedly suggested sarge should be Debian 4.0,
> > > though it was too late (May?) to accept that.
> > > 
> > > I suppose we should decide now if etch is going to be 3.2 or 4.0.
> > > 
> > > Given the ABI change with gcc-4.0 and the introduction of X.org, it
> > > seems to me we have ample justification to introduce Debian 4.0.
> > > 
> > 
> > I second the motion.  I realize that the goal of Debian is not to
> > appease the unwashed masses.  However, it seems logical (and warranted)
> > to bump the major version number to indicate the dramatic differences
> > between Sarge and (the to be released) Etch.
> 
> I think multiarch would warrant a major version bump.  Gcc 4 and X.org
> would not IMHO.

I think that none of these things warrant a major version bump, and
the Debian major version number should be increased with releases of
fspanel.

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