Distro version numbers - Was:; Re: [Gllug] RH 7.1 -> 7.2 upgrade problems

[Dan Kolb]

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On Wednesday 21 Nov 2001 21:23 pm, Dean wrote:
> My guess is that if one of the 'unwashed masses' (For want of a better
> phrase.) is looking at three or more distributions of Linux and he sees
> 7.1, 7.3 and 8.1 he'll be more inclined to pick up the one with the higher
> version number. I guess its a sales thing.

Probably. Did Mandrake ever come out with a Version 1? Notice how Debian that 
doesn't sell boxed sets, is on a fairly low version number. Also compare with 
the BSDs - OpenBSD just released 3.0, NetBSD is on 1.5.3-ish, and FreeBSD 
has, IIRC, 4.x-STABLE and 5.x-CURRENT. Of course it doesn't mean that NetBSD 
is anywhere behind FreeBSD ;-)

Dan
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