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[Nasir Khan Saikat <nasir8891@xxxxxxxxx>]

i think Daniel Schury's suggestion is the most suitable solution. But i want
to add that instead of using the release date we may use the the terms
"first edition", "second edition" . then then name will be "Ubuntu Manual
10.04, First edition" , "Ubuntu Manual 10.10, Third Edition" ...

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Daniel Schury <Surst@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> What about following Ubuntu? Calling the upcoming release Ubuntu Manual
> 10.04, the next 10.10? So it would be clear, to which Ubuntu Version the
> manual belongs.
>
> If it is planned to release updated versions between the Ubuntu
> releases, what about naming them after their releasing date? So it is
> very clear, which version is the last, without knowing anything about
> name schemes?
>
> Example:
> first release: Ubuntu Manual 10.04, release date 31.04.2010
> second " : Ubuntu Manual 10.04, release date: 15.05.2010
> .
> .
> .
> nth release: Ubuntu Manual 10.10, release date: 29.10.2010?
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> Daniel Schury
>
> Am 25.02.2010 18:45, schrieb Benjamin Humphrey:
> > My original plan was to have version 1.0 for lucid, then revisions to
> > lucid would be like 1.1, 1.2 etc.
> >
> > Then the release for 10.10/lucid+1 could either be 2.0 or we just repeat
> > what we've done for this release, 0.x for development and 1.0 for first
> > release.
> >
> >> On Feb 25, 2010 10:25 PM, "Thorsten Wilms" <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> I proposed to use "Second Edition" and so on to mark follow-up releases
> >> of our document as long as it is targeted at the same Ubuntu version
> >> (Lucid).
> >>
> >> Today Kevin made a good point about "Edition" implying additions or
> >> changes to the content beyond simple corrections.
> >>
> >> He suggested to use a combination of "Nth Edition", "Nth printing" on
> >> the copyright page. Where the first would be incremented for
> >> significants edits, the later for simple fixes. He didn't say the
> >> printing number would have to appear on the title page.
> >>
> >> I'd like to have something on the title page that changes for each
> >> release, but a full "Nth Edition, Nth printing" seems to be a bit much.
> >>
> >> My suggestion:
> >> Use either "Version" or "Release" instead of "Edition". Increment the
> >> single counter even for just a few spelling corrections, should we
> >> decide to put out a release because of them. No need for a second stage.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thorsten Wilms
> >>
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> >>
> >>
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