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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 23:14:23 -0500
From: Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org>
To: Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc: "'Mike Harding'" <mvh@ix.netcom.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Version Numbering
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This belongs on -hackers or something, not -stable where we want to get
real work done. I don't want to sound angry or something, since we're
all friends here, but -stable and -current are really places I would
prefer to see system issues sorted out or new features discussed, rather
than version inflation jokes that were stated over a year ago.

Otter had the audacity to say:
>=20
> futuristic? uummm... wasn't 2000 last year? can we please kill this
> thread now?
> -Otter
>=20
>=20
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Harding
> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 2:02 PM
> > To: tom@uniserve.com
> > Cc: ajh3@chmod.ath.cx; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Version Numbering
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 <tom@uniserve.com>
> >    X-Sender: tom@athena.uniserve.ca
> >    Cc: FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
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> >
> >
> >    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
> >
> >
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> >
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>=20
>=20
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