Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's

["matt c" <matt@legalizefreedom.org>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Cummings" <mcummings@gentoo.org>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's


> Another 2 cents (can we buy a cup of coffee yet?) -
>
> What about "milestone" instead?

I think this will still cause confusion among the users. Calling Gentoo
anything other than Gentoo (even a milestone or a snapshot) is still giving
it a version number. A version number implies that there is something to be
updated. Sure, the baselayout changes, as does gcc and xfree, etc. But this
is a constantly changing thing - HIGHLY dependant upon your ~arch or lack
thereof, and how often you update packages. Users will still think they need
to "reinstall" or "upgrade" something.

I think that is the strength of Gentoo - no two installations will ever be
even close to the same. How can one put any sort of number on this? By
versioning the stages, we remove any doubt about what people have - one
could say "I installed with Gentoo Stage1-1.4 and I now have a 'Gentoo
System'." How can one put a version number on my system (which is completely
and utterly different than almost any one elses?) The only thing my
installation has in common with anyone elses is that I installed from the
same stage and stage version as others did.

Matt



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