linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3

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Date:	Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:16:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dirk Hohndel <hohndel@...radead.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3


* Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> wrote:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > So how about this?
> > 
> > It changes how CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO works, in the following trivial 
> > way:
> > 
> >  - if it is set, things work the way they always have, and you get a 
> >    extended kernel release like
> > 
> > 	2.6.32-rc3-00052-g0eca52a-dirty
> > 
> >  - but if it is _not_ set,
> [...]
> >    we append just "+", so you get a version number like
> > 
> > 	2.6.32-rc3+
> [...]
> > The "+" could be anything else, of course. The diff is pretty obvious, you 
> > can argue about exactly _what_ you'd like to see as a suffix for "and then 
> > some".
> 
> The "+" suffix is already in informal use with a different meaning. 
> It's customary to write "For feature XY, you need kernel 2.6.31+" as a 
> shorthand for "kernel 2.6.31 or any later release".

'+' is also informally used to denote addition and a whole ton of other 
things. (and likewise all other ASCII characters)

The primary context in where it's used, uname output and "I used kernel 
v2.6.31+" statements is pretty unambigous i think.

	Ingo
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