Dear Ubuntu Software Developers,
Thank you so much for providing us tons of free updates that make our computers more secure, faster and easier to use. I'll say it again from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
But I have a little suggestion, could you please make a simpler Version Number, you know the ones that we can actually pronounce. Do you really expect we say something like this to our colleagues :
" Hey I just updated my flgrx-modaliases from Version 2:8.543-0ubuntu4 to Version 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1. "
That's too long, IMHO.
And there many of them, like these :
Thank you, for your consideration. Keep up the good job.
Sincerely,
Ubuntu User
Thank you so much for providing us tons of free updates that make our computers more secure, faster and easier to use. I'll say it again from the bottom of my heart, thank you!
But I have a little suggestion, could you please make a simpler Version Number, you know the ones that we can actually pronounce. Do you really expect we say something like this to our colleagues :
" Hey I just updated my flgrx-modaliases from Version 2:8.543-0ubuntu4 to Version 2:8.543-0ubuntu4.1. "
That's too long, IMHO.
And there many of them, like these :
Thank you, for your consideration. Keep up the good job.
Sincerely,
Ubuntu User
I understand your complaint but do you understand the reason the version number can't be simple? http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html section 5.12 shows the versioning format.
If you had a package foo version 1.0-2ubuntu3 that means that the foo project release 1.0, and then debian made 2 changes and then Ubuntu took a copy of Debian's package and made 3 changes. This can't be simplified to a single number because it is used to keep track of where all of the changes came from.
Hello Asa :)
Ah no, complaint is too harsh. Just a suggestion from end user that's all.
Thanks for the link and your comment, I learned something new... it deserves a new post, thanks for the idea.
But even before that, I do realize that somehow there must be some kind of version numbering "rule", just like how biologist names species.
thanks again :)