[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

[Christoph Galuschka]

Am 08.06.2014 14:40, schrieb Ned Slider:
> On 07/06/14 19:45, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> 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...
>>
>
> Yet another +1
>
> If a change is REQUIRED, that change should happen upstream in RHEL and
> then filter down to CentOS - i.e, if RHEL-7.1406 were to be released
> then a change to CentOS-7.1406 would make sense.
>
+1 from my side

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Christoph Galuschka
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