On Mon, 26 Jun 2023, Darac Marjal wrote:
As you can see, the intention of code names is so that developers
(of Debian) have a way to refer to an as-yet-unreleased collection of
packages. Once those set of packages are released (literally, put out there
in the wild), then they become a numbered version.
Ideally that is how it should work, but usage of code names persists in this
user list. I have no problem with code names in the dev list.
OK, a question back at you, then: Why do you feel the need to remember Debian
codenames?
Because the members of this list continue to use code names.
So, I'd say that, as a user of Debian, you basically want to refer to two
things:
* Stable/OldStable/OldOldStable to refer to the current and previous releases
* A number to refer to the released version.
Agreed. I would always use the number to refer to a released version, but the
problem is that it is not the general usage in this list.
Roger
