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    debian versioning scheme

    Hi

    This question is not about ubuntu, but about debian, ... anybody knows what's the current versioning scheme debian has? I'm wondering why the current stable is 3.1 & not 4.0 for example. I've googled, but haven't found a place that explains it. I'm curious...

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    Re: debian versioning scheme

    Quote Originally Posted by duffman25
    Hi

    This question is not about ubuntu, but about debian, ... anybody knows what's the current versioning scheme debian has? I'm wondering why the current stable is 3.1 & not 4.0 for example. I've googled, but haven't found a place that explains it. I'm curious...
    Ok, found this thread:
    http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel.../msg00290.html
    & I think I have it more clear...

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    Re: debian versioning scheme

    The reason Sarge is 3.1 is because it was supposed to release shortly after woody. By time it was raised that it might be good to call it 4.0, it had already been coded in as 3.1.

    To be honest, version numbers are mostly random. Observe Ubuntu's gaming of the entire version numbering scheme.

    Corey

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