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

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Message-ID: <4882F886.7060507@keyaccess.nl>
Date:	Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:34:14 +0200
From:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
To:	Craig Milo Rogers <rogers@....EDU>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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 19-07-08 22:49, Craig Milo Rogers wrote:

> On 08.07.19, Rene Herman wrote:
>> Really, find me a single Linux developer who wouldn't try just a little bit 
>> harder for a big 3.0 release. This is still a community, not yet a boring 
>> office schedule...
> 
> 	I'm afraid that the allure of 3.0 would mean that everyone
> would want to get their shiny new subsystem/scheduler
> rewrite/bootstrap file format change/whatever incorporated into it,
> resulting in a protracted integration period and an unstable system.
> According to this line of thought, Linus should simply announce
> version 3.0 with no forewarning...

Or better yet, we'd have 342 -rc's and a REALLY big party when 3.0 
finally hits the streets.

See. You guys just don't think "fun"...

Rene.
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