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Re: should etch be Debian 4.0 ?



On 20050708T181259-0400, Johan Kullstam wrote:
> I've never understood the .X distinction anyway.  
> 
> What signal is meant by 3.1 versus 4.0?  Does your intended audience
> have any concept of the distinction?

The usual distinction, when it is made, is that bumping the major number
indicates a disruptive upgrade (changing how things work, not just
adding new things).

I suppose I should advertise my version number rant here:
 http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.info/blog/en/programming/version-numbering.html

-- 
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Debian developer 

http://kaijanaho.info/antti-juhani/blog/en/debian

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