On Friday 13 August 2004 8:39 am, Aron Griffis wrote:
> > Maybe it would make more sense to have yearly refreshes of the
> > profiles, with profile "revisions" during the year using -r#.
>
> What's the point of the yearly refreshes?

Honestly, those yearly refreshes would be a duplication of effort.  However, 
if we use the year as the major number, it seems to me that the first release 
for each year should include a refresh of the profile as well, just to track 
with the year's releases.  It's less duplication of effort than the current 
flat-profile scheme, but still maintains an understandable progression.

There's no point in simplifying the versioning scheme if we're unwilling to do 
any "cleanup maintenance".  There is going to be some duplication, period. 
But that duplication (minimized as much as possible) is what makes a 
well-maintained set of profiles.

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