[PLUG-TALK] Software Release Nomenclature

[Brian Stanaland]

As far as what to use as the naming scheme it varies. I worked at a place
that used mountain ranges for one product and European cities for another
product.

--Brian

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 09:36:26AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
>>
>>> I am curious why some software (Debian, Ubuntu, and R come immediately
>>> to mind) have names as well as numbers for each release. For example, the
>>> current R release, 3.1.3, is named 'Smooth Sidewalk' and the forthcoming
>>> 3.2.0 is named 'Full of Ingredients.'
>>>
>>
>> Because people relate better to names.
>>
>
> And they're fun to devise; concocting hostname schemes is one of the
> longest-tenured perks of being a sysadmin.
>
> I think a solid minority of people owning pets do so mostly so they can
> name them. :-)
>
> --
> Paul Heinlein
> heinlein at madboa.com
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