Re: Debian Version Numbers Was: Is this the Debian Philosophy? (or.... $#@!@#$ bash 2.0!)
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On Tue, 19 Aug 1997, joost witteveen wrote:
> > > The next version of the system will be called "Debian 1.3.1 Revision 1".
> > > People who make long-term products based on Debian requested that
> > > we not change the version number of the system if we were only making a
> > > few bug fixes. For example, X windows was rebuilt because Richard
> >
> > Hang on, aren't I already running Debian 1.3 Revision 1 (or in other words
> > Debian 1.3.1)?
>
> 1.3.1 != 1.3.1 Revision 1.
>
> The latter is the first revision of the former.
That is not what I what I was saynig.
bash$ cat /etc/debian_version
1.3
bash$
So I am running Debian version 1.3 - and yet the CD says Debian 1.3.1 . My
conclusion is that I am running Debian 1.3 Revision (PatchLevel) 1 - which
would explain why the CD says Debian 1.3.1
I understand the commercial reason behind wanting a slower number: but
Debian already has that -- the current version of Debian is 1.3 . I don't
understand why you want to have two revision numbers.
Anand.
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