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

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Message-ID: <20081017204506.0bce46e5@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:45:06 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:41:27 -0700
Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:31:38AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > So I proposed an alternative, YEAR.NUMBER.  The year is easy to keep
> > 
> > Which calendaring system ?
> 
> I'm almost afraid to ask, but "which one would you prefer"? :)

The standard one shipped and supported by util-linux for the past 15 or
more years

$ ddate
Today is Setting Orange, the 71st day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3174

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