On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 17:43 +0200, Kinkie wrote: > > I only have one question: how well does that release numbering model match > > the other OSS projects using the same numbering system? We don't want to set > > our own method and meaning when there is already a common way to get > > confused with. > > The closest thing, having been adopted by some other projets, has been > Linux's (now abandoned) "odd minor releases are devel, even minor > releases are stable".
See, even Linux managed to abandon an odd naming scheme! We can do it too. :-) BTW, you may notice that we, ourselves, usually use devel/stable terms when talking about releases (ours and others). We rarely tell somebody "Oh, just wait for a PRE release or perhaps RC..." Alex.
