Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Re: New naming schema proposal for reverted upstream release versions

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM Benjamin Drung <bdrung@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2026-04-01 at 18:50 +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 06:34:36PM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > > > * `+actually` > > > * `+definitely` > > > * `+for.sure` > > > > If you've had to go this far then perhaps you should take a step back. > > Anyone who gets as far as having to have done as many as three whole > > reverts should probably display some humility and not be so committal as > > to continue down this path in the main Ubuntu archive with so much > > certainty that their next upload will be "right _this_ time". > > > > I therefore suggest that the next upload should display that humility > > with: > > > > * `+maybe` > > One try for being humble might not be enough. So how about adding > `+hopefully` before `+maybe`? > > > If that still doesn't work, then perhaps it's OK to continue as you > > suggest: > > > > > * `+really` > > > * `+very.definitely` > > > * `+very.very.definitely` > > > * `+what.i.meant` > > > > Robie Frankly I think this is not inventive enough, and there aren't enough options. I think one should ask ChatGPT if a seahorse emoji exists [1], and use the resulting output as inspiration for version numbers to use. This should provide a sufficient number of values. -- Aaron [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2xZxYaGlfs > -- > Benjamin Drung > Debian & Ubuntu Developer > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel