Re: Fun topic: name that branch!

Riley Williams (rhw@BigFoot.Com)
Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:44:58 +0100 (GMT)


Hi all.

>> 0.* tso
>> 1.0.* drew
>> 1.1.* hawes
>> 1.2.* sct
>> 1.3.* ingo
>> 2.0.* alan
>> 2.1.* linus
>> 2.2.* davem

> Wouldn't it make more sense to use a logical naming scheme
> (boring yes)

> stable-1996
> unstable-1996

> etc by year of x.y.0

Why bother with years - use something easily predictable, such as...

0.* lx-0
1.0.* lx-1-0
1.1.* lx-1-1
1.2.* lx-1-2
1.3.* lx-1-3
2.0.* lx-2-0
2.1.* lx-2-1
2.2.* lx-2-2
2.3.* lx-2-3

Best wishes from Riley.

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