Re: GNOME Desktop Version String

[James Henstridge <james daa com au>]

Jeff Waugh wrote:

> <quote who="Glynn Foster">
>
> > Yeah, that's the thing...it really doesn't make much sense when you've
> > got people updating their system on a regular basis and getting the
> > latest and greatest packages...
>
> I don't think that's a huge problem. When "GNOME" is updated, then surely
> gnome-desktop would go along with that. So whilst libraries or various
> components may change, by and large the user has the version of GNOME that
> gnome-desktop cares about.
>
> So, with that and vendor issues in mind, how about the following details:
>
> Major number ("2")
> Minor number ("0")
> Micro number ("0")
> Vendor name ("GARNOME")
> Vendor random string ("Preview Three - 0.7.5")
>
> What else will people want to see described herein?
As someone else suggested, a date string for the release.  Preferably in 
a machine parsable format, so when people using GNOME 2.0.0 in 2020 find 
a bug, bug-buddy can suggest that they check if a newer release of gnome 
is available that fixes their bug ...

James.