[Devil-linux-develop] Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Invalidate : Dirty buffer error

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Bruce Smith wrote:
>>>>We decided (not too long ago) that we use the same numbering as the
>>>>Kernel folks.
>>>
>>>So that means that 0.5 should be a development release since it's an odd
>>>number?  Now I'm even more confused!   :-)
>>
>>The release number 0.5 was before we made that decission. Smartass ;-)
> 
> 
> I've been called "smartass" by a lot of different people, 
> for some reason ...  :-)
> 
> </smartass>

As you probably figured, I hear the very same word a lot, too.

> Let me try and be serious for a moment here.
> 
> If you want to go with a kernel-like version numbering scheme, then the
> next release of Devil Linux should be 1.0 or greater.  The first stable
> kernel was 1.0, and I consider Devil Linux to be very stable, don't you?

Yes it is.
We already made the decission that the next release will be 1.0. I think 
that was not much before you joined the project.
Before releasing beta1, I'll change the version to 1.0b1. We didn't 
announce that alot, to draw some more attention when we finally do it.

> In fact my very first Linux distro in 1994 had a 1.0 kernel on it!
> (and I've still got the CD to prove it. :)

I think I shouldn't mention that my first version was an early 2.2.x ;-)

> A highly respected Linux GURU ask me at a recent LUG meeting why so many
> stable open source packages keep their versions numbers under 1.0. 
> (well, that's paraphrasing, but I want to keep it clean for this list :)
> and he has a very good point.  Why is that?  I, for one, don't know.

That's for a very easy reason:
The maintainer doesn't think it's already good enough to earn the 
release number 1.0. We always want to achieve more, but usually forgett 
what we already achieved.


> I suppose future replies to this thread should go on the developers
> mailing list....

DONE

cya
   Heiko