From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 4 11: 2:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD3937B718 for ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:02:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mvh@ix.netcom.com) Received: from netcom1.netcom.com (user-2inist8.dialup.mindspring.com [165.121.115.168]) by hall.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA13150; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 14:01:57 -0500 (EST) Received: by netcom1.netcom.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1F5C0E6B0A; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:01:47 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Harding To: tom@uniserve.com Cc: ajh3@chmod.ath.cx, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Tom on Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0800 (PST)) Subject: Re: Version Numbering References: Message-Id: <20010304190147.1F5C0E6B0A@netcom1.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:01:47 -0800 (PST) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Let's call it "FreeBSD 2000" so it sounds futuristic. Oh... Sorry. :) - Mike H. Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0800 (PST) From: Tom X-Sender: tom@athena.uniserve.ca Cc: FreeBSD-stable Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Andrew Hesford wrote: > What with all the version inflation going on in the Linux world, I have > an idea for FreeBSD. > > Forget 4.3-STABLE. Skip to 4.4. And rather than calling it FreeBSD > 4.4-STABLE, call it 4.4FreeBSD. That way, we can show off the roots of > FreeBSD and make it sound cool, too! This discussion already occured over a year ago. Use the archive. > Or, we can stop people from asking, "Why is RedHat in version 7, > Mandrake almost in version 8, and FreeBSD only in 4?" (assuming RedHat > users even know what FreeBSD is). Just call the next release FreeBSD > 10.3-STABLE or FreeBSD 2001-STABLE. Are people seriously fooled by version numbers? I've never seen anyone on this list ask why the version number wasn't bigger. > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message