Sarunas Vancevicius wrote:
> On 10:05, Sat 26 Mar 05, Bill Hacker wrote:
>
>>STABLE releases = DFSMMMYY
>>CURRENT releases = DFCMMMDDYY
>>EXPERIMENTAL or testing versions = DFXMMMDDYY.nn
>
>
>>Bill
>
>
> I think most people not familiar with this naming convention will
> get confused.
>
> E.G: a person who just read about DragonFly and wants to try it out.
> Goes to one of the mirrors, and is not sure which iso to download,
> and downloads the wrong one, say EXPERIMENTAL.
>
> Boots it and horrible things start to happen (say, gets a panic
> while booting). Now, this person, might stay away from DragonFly,
> and spread his unpleasant experience along the community he came
> from.
>
> So IMO its better to keep the naming as simple as possible.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Sarunas
Agree that - problem already exists with folks thinking
'CURRENT' will always be better than 'STABLE'.
But I had in mind that 'Experimental' would NOT be 'published'
for download. Rather - in an accessable, but not so obvious area
where those working on new architectures and platform problems
might share.
Bill