Rainer Fiebig composed on 2017-05-06 10:58 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata composed:
Greg Freemyer composed on 2017-05-05 17:05 (UTC-0400):
I encourage the decision makers to consider this option. It seems the best so far that I've seen. It keeps the "Leap 42" message while also having the SLE 15 correlation.
I disagree. Labels that impersonate numbers are abominations.
You should have added "imo" here, imo.
"IMO" should be implied from the preceeding context. Disagreeing is expressing opinion. How about a restating that labels that impersonate numbers routinely induce confusion, not a whole lot unlike applying decimal prefixes to binary multiples: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html
42.3 is an increment from 42.15 everywhere in the world except in software versions.
That's what it's all about here: software-version-numbers. And everywhere in the world everybody knows that those are *not* decimal-numbers.
"All" is part of the problem, mixing real numbers with labels that incorporate numerals. *Not* everybody in the world recognizes the difference between a label that looks like a number and a genuine number. The top of the mountain of software that comprises it, the distro release name, would be best off with a reading that presents no confusion alongside a subsequent or previous equivalent product release from the same source. There's no confusion that Fedora 19 is older than Fedora 25. There is no confusion that Ubuntu 14.04 is older than Ubuntu 16.10. There's opportunity for copious confusion if openSUSE versions 13.2 42.x and 15.15 exist, with or without including Leap in the labeling.
Let the software packages continue using labels that look like numbers, but in the marketing names exposed to the world's minions,
"minions"? Is that how you look at openSuse-users?
Minions are how I term all computer users who are not also computer programmers, people who use computers as tools to make work possible or easier rather than as devices to redesign and/or refine through reprogramming and/or rebuilding.
apparent count should proceed only upward. 150 is the minimal increase from 42.3 that incorporates 15.
Nope.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough. The whole number 150 is the whole number that is least larger than the number 42.3 which can incorporate the numerals 1 and 5 in sequence. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org