Build Debate: Followup on Build Naming

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 10:38 -0400, Walter Bender wrote:
> Is Uruguay even using 703? Peru is. Mexico probably will... Mongolia
> probably will...
Ok, maybe it was Mexico-703 but for reasons you state below that is the
wrong way to go. OLPC-1, OLPC-2 , etc. sounds good to me.
> 
> While I like the discipline that is suggested by a date scheme, it
> doesn't really add much real value over simply sequential numbering.
> We certainly should avoid using seasonal names, as that will cause
> hemispheric confusion.
> 
> As far as a feature-based scheme, that will just increase the pressure
> to do an end-run around our renewed pledge to do time-based releases.
> 
> I'm in favor of Dennis's suggestion. OLPC-1; OLPC-2, ... It is simple
> and, I argue, unambiguous. The hardware is XO-1, XO-2...
> 
> -walter
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