debian versioning scheme

[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... :)

[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/2002/11/msg00290.html
& I think I have it more clear...

[Burgundavia]

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