On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 03:13:40PM +0200, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
> 2.4.0-test-pre-whatever-other-tag since that gives a nasty and
> difficult-to-handle version numbering. I would have preferred if Linux
> had stuck to 2.3.1xx until the final 2.4.0 series, while it's not my
> decisision, this versioning scheme is a horrible mess.
Hey, don't question this cool marketing decision (since a marketing
decision it is). Using 2.4.0(-whatever) gives us the same advantage
windows has when they release their beta code als stable release.
I'd like to encourage the linux developers to pursue this road much
further, this has future!
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