Why Ubuntu distros are using code names?
or
What 8.04, 8.10 , 9.04 , 9.10 etc are representing, why are keep going with that sequence?
At least I questioned that myself =)
The official name of an Ubuntu release is "Ubuntu X.YY" (ex. Ubuntu 9.10). The X represents the year (minus 2000) and YY representing the month of eventual release within in that year. Ubuntu's first release, made in 2004 October (10th month) was Ubuntu 4.10.
Now since the actual release date is not known until it's ready and humans tend to prefer names rather than numbers, a set of codenames are used by developers and testers during the buildup to a release.
MarkShuttleworth said the following with regard to where the naming scheme originally came from:
So, what's with the "Funky Fairy" naming system? Many sensible people have wondered why we chose this naming scheme. It came about as a joke on a ferry between Circular Quay and somewhere else, in Sydney, Australia:
lifeless: how long before we make a first release? sabdfl: it would need to be punchy. six months max. lifeless: six months! thats not a lot of time for polish. sabdfl: so we'll have to nickname it the warty warthog release.sabdfl is MarkShuttleworth
lifeless is Robert Collins
Release Naming Scheme
Adjective | Animal | Version | Description |
Warty | Warthog | 4.10 | The first "hog" |
Hoary | Hedgehog | 5.04 | Meaning "covered with hair", or "mature/old/wise" |
Breezy | Badger | 5.10 | was going to be "Bendy Badger"...  |
Dapper | Drake | 6.06 | Polished, with 5 years of support! |
Edgy | Eft | 6.10 | Fire up the crackpipes! (?!) |
Feisty | Fawn | 7.04 | Courage and restlessness |
Gutsy | Gibbon | 7.10 | Go Ape! |
Hardy | Heron | 8.04 | Hardy Heron with 5 years of support! Most people wanted Happy/Hungry Hippo  |
Intrepid | Ibex | 8.10 | Released October 2008 |
Jaunty | Jackalope | 9.04 | Released April 2009 |
Karmic | Koala | 9.10 | Released October 2009 |
Lucid | Lynx | 10.04 |
source link: wiki.ubuntu.com
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