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Bugs Delay Release of Debian Lenny
A. B. VerHausen writes to tell us that over 200 release-critical bugs continue to push back Debian Lenny's release date. Originally slated for a September release, there is still a long road to be traveled before Lenny sees the light of day. Project leader Steve McIntyre says they may consider dropping some packages for the release if they continue to cause problems, and while an end of October release is the goal, only time will tell.
I for one would rather have "Lenny" than *any* of Ubuntu's childish names.
Agreed.
The major pain though is that retard users keep referring to it by 'codename' after it's been released.
The current version in development is 'Intrepid Ibex'. Yeah--the name blows, but when it's released, it'll become 8.10. Of course you'd never know if because idiots will still refer to it as 'intrepid'.
Now--think fast, and put these in the order of release and tell me the version number: "intrepid, hoard, gutsy, warty, vista"
That's right--it's a pain in the ass to remember the mapping of names to version numbers. (And yes, 'vista' is in there to throw you off track.
It's a lot easier to remember the order and release dates of: "6.06, 6.10, 7.10, 8.04, etc..."
If it came down to a vote, I'm willing to bet most people would like to get rid of the dumb animal names.
There's no place like
Oh yeah? Well then why don't these people solve their own damn problem. Take the Ubuntu releases and repackage them under another distro name! Name it Ultra Serious Linux (USL). Start with USL 9000, and go up in number from there.
Nothing stoping you. Infact, even charge for it, because everyone knows good software is not available for free. Use the same Ubuntu repos if you'd like.
Since you are so keen on voting, you could even let your corporate customers vote on what the name of the next distro should be.