linux-kernel - Re: On Linux numbering scheme

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Message-ID: <4CC208BA.2080506@goop.org>
Date:	Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:57:14 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
CC:	kevin granade <kevin.granade@...il.com>,
	"Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@...os.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: On Linux numbering scheme

 On 10/21/2010 07:00 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 07:06:23PM -0500, kevin granade wrote:
>
>> Any particular reason not to continue the date-oriented format and
>> have the third number be the numerical representation of the month
>> rather than an incrementing numbering of the releases?  It would still
>> be monotonically increasing, which is the only requirement, right?
> Why do we need to change it, anyway?
>
> Al, fully expecting to be whined at for discouraging potential contributors
> and horribly damaging Linux ecosystem by artificially increasing the entry
> barrier, or something...

I think it should be blue.

    J
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