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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:51:42 -0400 From: David Sanders <linux@...dersweb.net> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change On Wednesday 15 October 2008 09:03:37 pm H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Greg KH wrote: > > Yes, we can handle the major/minor macros in the kernel to provide a > > compatible number so that automated scripts will not break, that's not a > > big deal. > > > Personally I find that having a simple counter is kind of nice, simply > because one can talk about 27, 28, 29, ... and actually be able to rely > on it being stable. How about 2008.27.0, 2008.27.1, 2008.28.0, ... David -- 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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