From: | damien clochard <damien(at)dalibo(dot)info> |
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To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: 9.0 ? |
Date: | 2009-01-09 17:05:20 |
Message-ID: | 496783D0.6010909@dalibo.info |
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Josh Berkus a écrit :
> All,
>
>> Perhaps we should also adopt an ubuntu-like strategy of naming the
>> releases. That'll give people the impression of major version changes
>> instead of the number. For example, perhaps the next version could be
>> code named "Cornucopious Core" or something ;-) Kind of like "Hardy
>> Heron", or "Dapper Dan" . I think today people tend to refer to the
>
> Gods forfend!
>
> Not that you were serious, but I actually rank the Ubuntu release naming
> scheme as "experimental failure" (kind of like "Postgres95"), and wish
> Ubuntu would go back to naming the releases after the date, or just use
> numbers like everyone else. I'm forever trying to remember whether the
> current release is "Dapper Dalmation" or "Stellar Sparrow" or "Woody
> Woodpecker" or "Moose & Squirrel". And don't get me started on Apple
> and their releases of OSX "Ocelot" and "Caracal". It's a release naming
> scheme which caters exclusively to insiders.
>
Every naming scheme is only understandable by insiders. After apart from
debian fanboys, who can tell where "etch" and "sarge" names come from ?
It's strictly the same thing with version number, except us, who can say
what were the differences between the 8.0 and the 8.1 :-)
The only advantage of release naming is that it's more fun than numbers.
how about "Elegant Elephant" ? "Persistent Pachyderm" ? "Marvelous
Mastodont" ? :o)
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