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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:40:32 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org> To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> CC: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change Alan Cox wrote: >> So I proposed an alternative, YEAR.NUMBER. The year is easy to keep > > Which calendaring system ? Presumably the Gregorian one, rooted in the Common Era, but that's sort of irrelevant. I think it's both visually cumbersome and has the problem that it is harder to predict future releases. The first problem can be dealt with by simply subtracting 2000 from the year (Altera uses this scheme for their EDA tools, and I didn't realize it for quite a while because it looked so natural), but the second is still a problem. -hpa -- 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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