linux-kernel - Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7?

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:41:55 +0200
From:	Kasper Sandberg <lkml@...anurb.dk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Stoyan Gaydarov <stoyboyker@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	gorcunov@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7?

On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 19:47 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Stoyan Gaydarov wrote:
> > >
<snip>
> Let the bike-shed-painting begin.
> 
> (I had planned on taking this up at the kernel summit, where the shed 
> painting is at least limited to a much smaller audience, but since you 
> asked..)

I like the current numbering fine.. my suggestion is to keep the current
model, there are various reasons

1: it requires no effort
2: various things doesent break
3: naming isnt _THAT_ important

then you could increment the major number once something very important
happens, such as going to 2.8 when the removal of the BKL or something.


mvh.
Kasper Sandberg

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