Re: Dropping the .0 on release numbers?

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:39:55 -0500
Gunnar Wolf <[email protected]> wrote:

> Simon Paillard dijo [Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:05:57PM +0200]:
> > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:25:25PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> > > We have carried a major.minor scheme as a release numbering scheme
> > > since the Early Days,
> > [..]
> > > So, for the past years we have had x.0.y with growing `y' for point
> > > releases, and skiping to (x+1).0.0. And the zero in the middle carries
> > > no meaning anymore.
> > 
> > On a related note, if we want dots, sub versions to be meaninful, using
> > them in the ISO name scheme as well may help.
> > 
> > Many people downloaded Debian 505 recently.
> > 
> > See #506489.
> 
> ...At least they didn't get a 404 when trying to download Debian

...At least if they don't try to download Etch r4.

Dirk.