linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change

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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:09:58 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	el es <el_es_cr@...oo.co.uk>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change

el es wrote:
> 
> the scheme to be s.yy.ww.tt, that is :
> 
> s - series, as it is now (freedom to Linus to declare a whole 'new generation'
> 
> ;) if he wanted  )
> 
> yy - two (in a hundred years, three) digits of the year
> 
> Now the interesting part begins which is
> 
> ww - the number of the week of the release. This will be between 1 and 52 (53)
> 
> tt - the number of the week of stable release. As above.
> 
> It is:
> - most similar to the scheme used so far,
> - informative : the ww and tt numbers are the week numbers of when the actual
> 
> release HAPPENED, not when it is predicted.
> 

Which really sucks for dealing with future releases.

	-hpa
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