linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] kbuild fixes for 3.0

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:03:39 +0000
From:	maximilian attems <max@...o.at>
To:	Ray Lee <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
Cc:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, pefoley2@...izon.net,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] kbuild fixes for 3.0

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:53:34PM -0700, Ray Lee wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> wrote:
> > Beside that, no matter what, you are about to break
> > `/usr/sbin/sensors-detect' (from my Fedora 14), which rely on a 3
> > digits version number:
> 
> Is there really any compelling technical reason to _not_ have Linus
> release the kernels with a superfluous .0 on the end, with the
> understanding that the -stable team gets to increment it for their
> future releases? It'd make every kernel.org release exactly three
> dotted decimals from here on out, which certainly simplifies things.
> 
> It seems like we're just borrowing trouble here by trying to drop it
> down to two numbers.
> 
> (Not, mind you, that I give a damn at all one way or the other, but it
> feels like you all are going to be spending a lot of time tripping
> over poor assumptions in userspace rather than doing actual work.)

you have forgotten the rule that linus himself is allowed to break userland. :P

in Debian an three digit 3.0.0 release would also be very much appreciated as
dpkg will order wrongly 3.0.0~rcX to 3.0.

-- 
maks
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