KeithMukai on Nostr: I've always been annoyed by Debian's version naming. My first encounters with it were ...
I've always been annoyed by Debian's version naming. My first encounters with it were in the "Stretch" and "Buster" eras. Which was the more recent one and which was being phased out?
When you search for compatible binaries, libraries, etc, you have to specifically search by name: We're currently in a "Bookworm" vs "Bullseye" era. Which do I need? And the repetition of the "B" names makes it even harder to remember which is which.
(note to self: Bookworm... except in the older setups that need Bullseye... 😭)
But I never thought to ask what the naming convention was.
Fuck, I kind of love that.
But as cute as it may be, VERSION NUMBERS WILL ALWAYS BE MORE USER-FRIENDLY!!!
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