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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0810181826350.27947@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:33:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	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 Wed 2008-10-15 17:25:09 -0700, Grek KH wrote to Linus Torvalds:
>
>You brought this topic up a few months ago, and passed it off as
>something we would discuss at the kernel summit. 

On Friday 2008-10-17 17:44, Greg KH wrote:
>
>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.


If there is a real discontent about the version number
it would have already been changed.
Given that nothing happened, it seems it is tolerated.
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