[CentOS-devel] CentOS 7 and release numbering

On 06/08/2014 05:12 PM, Brian Stinson wrote:
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but I honestly don't see how this will help
>> > SIGs, also I'm not entirely sure that it's the best course of action to
>> > put the needs of SIGs above the core value of maintaining RHEL
>> > compatibility.  Also is this supposed need to help the SIGs theoretical
>> > or is it an actual problem that we are seeing now?  Can the problem be
>> > spelled out in more detail and try to find a better way to tackle it as
>> > a community?
> +1 to maintaining the version numbers as they are. It's clear that the
> SIGs will add significant value to CentOS ecosystem, but they (IMHO)
> shouldn't supplant CentOS's primary asset: technical _and_ colloquial
> interoperability with RHEL. I think I understand the motivation for
> another versioning scheme, but surely there's a way to namespace
> everything such that it doesn't affect those who prefer the vanilla
> distribution.


I've read through the the responses so for and the main concern seems to
be understanding the linkage between upstream and CentOS. Am I correct
in that?

Carl.