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

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Date:	Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:29:11 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
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:
> 
>> We *really* don't want 2008.3-rc4 to be followed by 2009.1-rc5.
>> That is the kind of stuff that make script makers want to strangle
>> developers alive with their own intestines.
> 
> +1
> 
> 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.
> 

Uhm, so what happens when a release starts with an -rc stage intended 
for 2008 release, and then comes out in 2009?  You either have to leave 
it at 2008, which would be confusing (I think this is what M$ did in at 
least one case), or you have to have an in-release-cycle change.

Plus, of course, it makes it hard to talk about future releases.

	-hpa
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