Re: Bits from the release team: full steam ahead towards buster

[Philipp Kern <pkern@debian.org>]

On 2018-04-19 23:00, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Philipp Kern wrote...
> > Turns out that this is a terrible idea.
> Because?

People will start to rely on names for sorting again. Regardless if it's 
the right thing technically people are people and will use what tools 
they have available.

> > We should use numeric values for
> > sorting. (And Ubuntu now does the same thing on the technical side.)
>
> From a technical point of view there is no need for codenames at all.
> But being human I prefer names over numbers, even if it's just for
> aesthetic reason - "buster" is just more comfortable than "debian10".
> However, above all is the rule "do not confuse". Starting two
> consecutive releases with the same letter does. Adding a third one 
> makes
> it worse.

I'm fine with that.

Kind regards
Philipp Kern