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> > My initial question targets a different problem: The version number is
> > finalized (set in stone) on release date. Ubuntu was released on time
> > except for one case. In such case where we need more time and delay the
> > release, we won't have time to start an archive wide rebuild of all
> > package just to correct osVersion in the ELF objects. On the other hand
> > the version codename is set in stone when the archive for that release
> > is opened. That's why it was suggested to use the version codename
> > instead of the version ID.
> 
> Codenames are not great for this purpose, one issue is that not being
> numeric, you cannot do version comparison on them, for example.

Alphabetical sorting works on Ubuntu until we wrap around from z to a
after 13 years (26 releases).

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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer