FreeBSD Version Release numbers

[JacobRhoden]

On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 03:24 pm, Doug Barton wrote:
> > Does anyone else think it's a good idea that 5.1 should have been called
> > 5.0.1, then once 5.x goes stable, start with 5.1?

hrm thats a much better idea than the previous one...

> No. Historically a new branch isn't considered stable till x.2, and
> minor version numbers are evil.

why are minor versions evil?
 
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