[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

[Niklas Larsson]

Akemi Yagi skrev 2014-06-07 20:45:
> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>
>> 0.  CentOS-6.1011
>> 1.  CentOS-6.1105
>> 2.  CentOS-6.1112
>> 3.  CentOS-6.1206
>> 4.  CentOS-6.1302
>> 5.  CentOS-6.1311
>>
>> As you can see, the minor numbers also match in the list (6.3 matches
>> 6.1206) ... it's very easy to see that there are 6, 7, 7,  8, and 9
>> months between releases, etc.
>>
>> Thoughts?
> After having read all the detailed explanations, I still do not see
> good enough justifications / rationale for changing the release
> naming.
>
> The concept of 'supporting only the latest release' is quite simple
> and easy to explain to users. I don't think the current proposal would
> make it any easier. As Trevor said, we just say, "CentOS 6.4 is no
> longer supported. Please update to 6.5". On the other hand,
> "CentOS-6.1302 is no longer supported. Please update to CentOS-6.1311
> because it is June of 2014 today" sounds a bit cumbersome.
>
> My honest feelings...

+1 as well - keep in line with upstream

/niklas