why no odd numbered platforms

[Gerald Champagne <gerald io com>]

Why does the Gnome platform release only even numbered platforms?

Many projects release even numbered stable releases and odd numbered
development releases, but Gnome never releases odd numbered development
releases.  Why was the recent release called Gnome 2.0 Alpha 1 instead
of just Gnome 1.5.0?

I think that it would help to create an odd numbered development series
and release more often.  By only releasing something called Alpha
and Beta, there will be a tendency to reduce the number of releases.

Of course if it doesn't make sense to create a development series, then
the next stable releases should just be called 2.0, then 2.1, instead of
1.0, 1.2, and 1.4.

This is something I've just been wondering about...

Gerald