[ros-dev] Why??

[Thomas Weidenmueller]

Rick Langschultz wrote:
> I have an idea - each version of windows is code named. Does anyone
> remember: neptune, whistler, longhorn, blackcomb? Nobody remembers code
> names they remember the innovations, improvements, and annoyances
> provided by the stable or released version. I have a copy of whistler on
> an old machine and I would rather run that as opposed to XP.
> 
> Why not call the releases ReactOS (Zeus) or any other naming scheme.
> Linux distributions are released through naming. Also providing
> something like 0.2-12182005 would statisfy my check-out needs.
> 
> But I do like the code naming idea best. Since 0.3.0 may not (Or will
> not) be the next release. Besides it is tiring to hear people bicker
> about versioning. Just say the next release, or the next version.

First you're saying that nobody can remember the code names and then
you're saying code names are better than version numbers? I don't get it.

However, even if we used code names there'd be still version numbers. I
however don't like the idea of naming the releases at this point, not
just because I'm terrible at remembering names ;)

- Thomas