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Sounds good? At least for me it doesn't :) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Fedora 14 beta is out. Slackware 13.1, too. But when we get there, we +</I>>><i> can improvise. We can do like Corel DRAW! X4 , that has a impact name +</I>>><i> and is the 14th version (X4 = X + 4 and X is 10 in Roman numerals). Or +</I>>><i> we can use both, eg: M$ Office 2010 is, internally, Office 14. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> For more than a version to year, we can use months, sequential numbers +</I>>><i> or a strange numbering system like Mageia 1.0.20110101 where last part +</I>>><i> is YYYYMMDD. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Whichever numbering system is used, it should be easily understood by +</I>><i> the average user and it should not look like it is making the previous +</I>><i> version sound like an inferior product. I personally don't mind the +</I>><i> year assignation "Mageia 2010.1" followed by "Magiea 2010.2" which, to +</I>><i> me, is easily explainable to everyone ... "Mageia 2010.1" is the first +</I>><i> release of Mageia in 2010 and "Mageia 2010.2" is the second release of +</I>><i> Mageia in 2010. +</I>As far as the year designation goes, I definitely think that we should +use the actual year, instead of copying the car industry with something +like 2011.0 for late 2010. +Personally I have some preference for using 2011.0 in March and 2011.1 +in October, but 2011.1 and 2011.2 format would be ok. +><i> +</I>><i> It should be a numbering system that is easily understood regardless +</I>><i> of country, culture or age. A 10 year-old and 90 year-old should be +</I>><i> able to guess and understand the system easily. This could then be our +</I>><i> "public" numbering system. Easily read and easily understood. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> As to the Cauldron, dev etc. versions, then it could very well be a +</I>><i> more descriptive numbering system based on day/month/year (the metric +</I>><i> date format) Mageia09022010. This could then be our "dev" and +</I>><i> "internal" numbering system. We would, of course, promote the fact, +</I>><i> that our develop system dating and numbering system would follow the +</I>><i> long established metric formats. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>The date format should be year/month/day, as in 20100209. This is the +official order used by the UN, for example. +It is also used by Mozilla products, and much other software. There is +also a gradual conversion to this format by many international +companies. And much gov't issued id (as in Québec, Canada). +Day-month-year is the traditional European format. + +As far as this dev/internal date goes, there is nothing to prevent it +from continuing on the official release version, along with the year of +the release. + +- André (andre999) + +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002261.html">[Mageia-discuss] mageia logo: my proposals +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002265.html">[Mageia-discuss] Wish List +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2264">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2264">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2264">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2264">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |