Build Debate: Followup on Build Naming

Charles Merriam charles.merriam at gmail.com
Thu Apr 10 06:27:05 EDT 2008


>  Thanks for formalising this, I would also strongly suggest that the
>  organisation is moved to the far right, and that we get rid of year.
>
>  <component> <major> <minor> <bugfix> <organisation>
>
I strongly suggest we keep the year.

Yes, really, OLPC should release new software at least once per year.
It should dump support for software two or more years old.   It should
release based on time, not feature.

Also, why add a minor-minor (bugfix) number?

Charles



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