[Koha-devel] Version numbering, starting a discussion

[Mason James]

On 2011-12-5, at 12:56 AM, MJ Ray wrote:

> Mason James <mtj at kohaaloha.com>
>> we could also consider switching to the Debian style?, i have found it quite easy to understand. 
>> would it work well for Koha?
>> 
>> 
>> the Debian project uses both an internal 'linux-kernal' style numbering system (like Koha does already) and people-friendly nick-names too... :)
> 
> Debian's x.y.z number is not quite linux-style: there have been full
> (non-development) x.1 release versions.

yep, sorry, i generalized there
 
> 
> I'm not against the idea but a difficulty I have with Debian's
> nick-names is that (except for sid) there seems little meaning or
> relationship or progression to them, so remembering that lenny is 5.0
> and squeeze is 6.0 is not straightforward for me.
> 

both android and ubuntu choose their release names in alphabetical sequence, (like a,b,c,d) as a workaround to your problem

...we could do that too?, (eg: brie, cheddar, durrus)


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