Because of the runnign IRC talk, this thread has been quite
short. However, this maybe shows that some egenral agreement pops
about this issue, after all..:-)
Most concerns have been raised about my proposed use of "branch" for
talking about stable/testing/unstable. "Suite" seems better...suited,
indeed.
So, now the proposal becomes:
Distribution: used to talk about Debian in general, whichever suite
is used
Suite : used to talk about stable, testing and unstable
and explain differences between all of them or the
ways they are developed
Release : used to talk about the successive releases of
Debian as a distribution: potato, woody, sarge....as
well as the release updates
Version : used when using numerical version numbers (3.1r2, etc..)
If there are no strong objections in -project, I'm opened to suggestions
about the Right Way to handle the further life of this proposal, to
make it alittle bit more "official":
-conclude it and post in -devel-announce...:-)
-make the discussion wider in -devel and continue it there
-continue it elsewhere
-continue it here in -project (in case some feel that some issues are
not sorted out)
I also have no clear views about the Right Place to put these
conclusions so that all Debian documents progressively adopt this
terminology. Suggestions welcomed.
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