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Re: Let's consider using year based release identifiers [was: Re: getting rid of "testing"]



On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 06:17:12PM +0400, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> >>> As others here I am starting to get confused by the release code
> >>> names, as are my peers that are not that much into Debian. And
> >>> sequential release numbers are devoid of any semantics except for
> >>> their monotonically increasing character.
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> And yet you *wouldn't* be confused when Debian 2019.7 is released in
> >> 2021?
> > 
> > That's right, I don't think that'd confuse me. The reason it wouldn't
> > confuse me, is that I expect releases to be updated eventually and that
> > can happen at any time in the future - f.ex. in 2021.
> > *t
> > 
> 
> It will confuse me because in 2021 I will expect release 2021 .
> Furthermore, will .7 stand for July ?
I assume it's about point releases (which, again, Ubuntu doesn't do
AFAIK).

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