Using version numbers (8.0u1) and release codenames (jessie), each has its
advantages.Perhaps the best solutions is to combine the two, something like
(8.0u1-jessie).
Version numbers are great for identifying exactly where the codebase is
sequentially.Codenames have more practical usefulness.
For example, I am working on building d-i with the ZFS integration Turbo F. et.
al. has done.I am trying to build it for wheezy, but keep running into library
dependency errors because I am using too new versions of base-installer,
grub-installer, partman-target, partman-zfs, or debian-installer because the
git masters have jessie updates. It is hard to say which package is too new
because all the git tags are only version numbers, no codenames. So I need a
way to map codenames (wheezy) to version numbers for these packages. I am not
sure how to get this information other than trial and error or asking someone
who knows.
Having combined version numbers and codenames would solve problems such as this.
Sam
Samuel Younge
samuel.yo...@live.com
