On 2013-01-25 12:09 (GMT-0300) Cristian Rodríguez composed:
Felix Miata composed:
So release next in March 2013 is really going to be called 12.3, followed by another release in November 2013 to be called 13.1? What's the point of having a dot in the number in the release name if the number in the name has no apparent connection with the year of release?
Release numbers are technically meaningless, they are just a reference to the "state of things" in a particular time frame..and a marketing tool ;)
Then get it out of the marketing release name, where it looks like something related to year of release. Releasing a 12.3 in 2013 will to a n00b trying to choose his first distro make openSUSE look like a Mandriva, a release team on its death bed that can't get its act together. Going GM with a 3.7 kernel, it might look better to call it openSUSE 37 if the name actually needs a number in its release name. On 2013-01-26 01:48 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
This will be the Chinese year of the Snake so the next release should be called Anaconda.
Same as Fedora's incompetent installer? I hope not. :-( On 2013-01-25 15:33 (GMT+0100) Vincent Untz composed:
Quick link for those who want to read more about that past discussion: http://lizards.opensuse.org/2011/04/06/versionitis/
As an outsider like Penny would say, wackadoodle. Dots are for rational numbers, package versions, filename suffixes, punctuation and killing typewriter ribbons. They're out of place in non-geeky product marketing names.[1] The immemorable actual meaning of those numbers in openSUSE would be better left below the marketing horizon, at least until there's more separation between digits to the left and the year of release. For now, hide it in os-release, about windows and the development mailing lists. In marketing call this one simply openSUSE Dartmouth. [1] http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2011/08/17/on-firefox-versioning/ -- "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-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org