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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' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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