On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Karanbir Singh wrote:
Alain Reguera Delgado wrote:
http://wiki.centos.org/AlainRegueraDelgado?action=AttachFile&do=get&...
I cant see the other one, but this one is incorrect. neither 4.6 nor 5.2 or 3.9 have those lifecycles.
The CentOS Version if 3 or 4 or 5, the point bit is only a revision under that and we need to make sure that its clear to people that what they run is CentOS-5 and not CentOS-5.2
People who *really* *really* need to care, are very very few, and they can work the relationship out between 5.2 and 5.1 themselves. If they cant, they dont need to care.
Perhaps an alternate display with 2 dimensions that could have point release info, as well as lifecycle info ? Or is there some other way to highlight the fact that while 5.2 is the latest release CentOS-5, its not what CentOS-5 is going to be forever ( which is what it looks like from this image ).
That's why I indicated the update releases in my image. And that is why I put the release version at the end (and not at the front) of the timeline.
However, the image includes much more information than a normal individual can get out of it without someone guiding them. So while I am not that concerned with the fact that someone may interprete it wrongly, I do think that the text (or explanation) that comes with it should highlight some of the things that would normally be told during a presentation.
This slide and the next one need guidance anyhow to transfer the full message.
BTW if you compare it to the release-cycle Canonical released after my blog-post it is very easy to be misled by what Ubuntu LTS offers.