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

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Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:44:09 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Steven Noonan <steven@...inklabs.net>,
	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, Oct 17, 2008 at 08:47:23PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > And that's my point here, do we want to change the current numbering
> > scheme as people have expressed annoyances of the current one.
> 
> But any new scheme will be just as annoying to someone and it messes up
> existing documentation, understanding and risks breaking third party
> tools.
> 
> Is it really worth the hassle, plus we'll have to change again if we use
> date/times because once we are shipping Linux out to Alpha Centauri with
> colonists there will be serious problems trying to compute the effect of
> tau on release numbering ...

Sure, but by then, the 2.6.521 release will be out and we could fix it
up by finally going to 3.0 :)

Seriously, am I the only one that is getting annoyed by our version
numbers?  If so, I can live with it, but I got the feeling that I wasn't
alone here.

thanks,

greg k-h
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