linux-kernel - Re: Kernel version : what about s.yy.ww.tt scheme ?

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:57:03 +0000 (UTC)
From:	el es <el_es_cr@...oo.co.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:  Re: Kernel version : what about s.yy.ww.tt scheme ?

Willy Tarreau <w <at> 1wt.eu> writes:

> 
> also, causes trouble when stable releases cross a year boundary, or
> when there are several ones in a week. The stable release should
> only be a counter, not a date.
> 
> Willy
> 
> 

If there are more stable releases in a week, you could put a release counter
after a dash, say : 2.08.30.40-[2...X]

If stable continues to be used and leaps over to next year, put another .yy.ww
section : 2.08.30.09.02

OK I know that's long, but easy to expand if needed, just be sure to separate
date pieces with dots and counters with dashes. Or...

maybe use them the other way round - the current scheme uses counters separated
by dots, so maybe the new could do ss.yy-ww-tt[[-yy]-ww][.X]] ? Like
2.08-30-40.2 ? 2.08-30-09-02.2 ? But this seems odd, even to me ;)

el es

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