linux-kernel - Re: .version keeps being updated

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701101223150.3029@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:31:05 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>,
	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
Subject: Re: .version keeps being updated


On Jan 9 2007 15:21, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>Actually, how about just removing the incrementing version count entirely?
>
>I realize that it's really really old, and has been there basically since 
>day one, but on the other hand, it's old not because it's fundamentally 
>important, but because it's just been maintained. How about just dropping 
>it entirely?
>
>We have more useful _real_ versioning these days, with git commit ID's 
>etc.

Like other people said, scripts rely on it. Not just kernel-build
scripts or thelike. Note that this local build ID is _also_ in
/proc/version, meaning that every possible script out there has
code/regex to skip or read that one field.

E.g.
($ver, $builder, $gcc, $id, $flags, $date) =
  ($_ =~ /^Linux version (\S+) \((\S+)\) \((.*)\) (#\d+) (.*) ((?:Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun).*)/);


Oh well we could also put a static "#0" in there, but it also has
its uses (see replies from other people).

	-`J'
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