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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] Wish List</H1>
<B>Remco Rijnders</B>
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<I>Mon Oct 4 15:32:40 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:07:16AM -0400, andré wrote:
>>><i> How about instead of using 0 or 1, use the month number instead? So, .3
</I>>>><i> for a release made in March. That way we are always "up to date" and can
</I>>>><i> allow for release schedules slipping or having a 3rd release within a year
</I>>>><i> if needed / fitting.
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</I>>><i> Such versioning is bad. It forces you into time limit like it is with Ubuntu. And i don't
</I>>><i> like it. When the release needs to be delayed it's better to do so. Not to push it out and
</I>>><i> then land loads of fixes on it like has happened to Ubuntu. Also you don't have to remember
</I>>><i> which month it was released in year 2008. Was it 2008.3 or 2008.5?
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</I>><i> It is a lot simpler to use 0 or 1.
</I>><i> If the month is used, and there is a delay for some reason, would you
</I>><i> want to have to change the names of 100's of files ?
</I>><i> Including the dependancies in the RPM's ?
</I>><i> Otherwise, the month would have no more meaning than 0 or 1.
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I don't see why you'd want to put the release name in the name of a RPM
anyway.
><i> And why would you want 3 releases in a year ? With the pace of changes
</I>><i> in Linux, 2 seems just right. If there are any important updates, for
</I>><i> security, for instance, that is already built into the Mandriva system
</I>><i> we are inheriting (like virtually all others).
</I>
I don't think it is too unlikely to have a December scheduled release
slipping to January. What do you do in that event?o
Remco
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