On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 07:31:26AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 03:15:56PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 05:58:38PM +0000, hellekin wrote:
> > > 1.0 is Jessie (upcoming beta...)
> > > 2.0 is ASCII
> > > 3.0 is B...
> > > 4.0 is C...
> >
> > What!? Only 26 releases?
>
> Well, I would be happy to be still alive and to be able to take part
> to the flame when we finally come to Z :)
>
> Taking into account that Debian has had 13 stable releases in 20
> years, with a release cycle stabilised around two years in the last
> decade, 26 releases woud cover more than half a century...

Ubuntu uses the consecutive letter scheme too, and with their twice-a-year
schedule, they're already about to wrap around.

Which is no issue, as both asteroids and weird animals have multiples for
every letter of the alphabet. Some letters are markedly less well
provisioned than others, but I have a hunch that someone will change this
scheme long before this becomes a problem.


Meow!
--
A tit a day keeps the vet away.