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

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Date:	Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:55:29 +0100
From:	Alex Howells <alex@...emark.co.uk>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <oliva@....ic.unicamp.br>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> Not that I care one way or the other.  It's just that I don't see how
> your response bears any relationship with the point Greg made.  It's
> just a distraction.  We're talking about how to label releases, not
> about guessing the release date of a kernel months ahead.  One you
> label it, it stays that way.

Greg,

I do agree with you that kernel numbering is becoming increasingly 
cumbersome now the numbers are becoming larger, and a spreadsheet is 
becoming a handy tool for tracking all this release information.

I'm honestly not sold on any of the naming schemes proposed thusfar, but 
since I can't come up with a magic solution, I'll shut up about that!

What I'd love to see any changes integrate would be a simple way to spot 
-stable releases in the version number (ie: 2.6.16, 2.6.27, those 
maintained for a "long" time and hopefully by 2.6.16.50+ quite 'bug 
free') versus the rest of releases sent out on a more regular basis.

I'll immediately concede this is probably of minimal benefit to 
distribution maintainers who're actively following LKML and development 
in general, but there is a big community of folks out there using 
vanilla kernel.org sources for their own needs who, like me, probably 
find it difficult/frustrating to pick a kernel version these days.

Does anyone have a suggestion how that could be accomplished?

Alex
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