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[Blake Rouse <blake.rouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good to know! Release is not exposed in the API, it is know as
distro_series.

Thanks,
Blake
On May 29, 2014 8:01 PM, "Julian Edwards" <julian.edwards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I saw this conversation in my IRC scrollback:
>
> <jtv> It's a bit weird that we're still talking about "distro series"...
>  I had been angling for a break where we'd just update as much
> terminology as we could.
> <blake_r> jtv: yeah I would think release would be better
>
> Newer guys are probably not aware of the history around this.
>
> Many years ago, when most of us worked on Launchpad, its code and UI
> used to refer to "distro release" everywhere.  Mark requested that this
> change to "distro series", and that we use the word "release" for point
> releases on a series.
>
> So "14.04" is a distro series.  "14.04.1" is a distro release.
>
> The code MAAS in maas used to be consistent with "series" everywhere,
> but I've noticed lately that "release" is getting used where "series"
> would be more appropriate, especially in code done by newer guys who are
> unaware of this distinction.
>
> I may go and do a mass-rename of this at some point; I just hope that
> release has not been exposed on the API anywhere.
>
> When the CentOS and Windows implementations are done, I don't see this
> as being any different for those OSes either.
>
> The upshot: please use "series" and not "release", unless it *is* a
> point release.
>
> J.
>