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Message-ID: <4CC55436.4010302@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:56:06 +0200 From: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> To: "Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@...os.com> CC: kevin granade <kevin.granade@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> Subject: Re: On Linux numbering scheme On 10/25/2010 11:45 AM, Artem S. Tashkinov wrote: > That's my point. "2.6" prefix is totally meaningless nowadays. I just > want to rejuvenate the numbering scheme and make it easy to understand > and comprehend. What's the difference between .16 and .36? Besides, I > just think these huge numbers look unsightly. Do you know any other > piece of software which has the same huge numbers? Well, there's no difference between 16 and 36, so what would be the rationale for changing it? The only reason is that it's unsightly and uncommon, but, if you ask me, 36 is _much_ closer to 42 and so is _much_ better. The glory days of kernel 42 are coming. Lo and behold. Also, it costs to change numbering scheme. Think about all the scripts, distros, poor admins and technical writers (and the dolphins and fishes). If 2.6. is too ugly and useless, let's let it wither away in places it doesn't matter. No reason to cause disruption without any real benefit. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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