linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Docs: Update kernel series in changes.rst

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Message-ID: <Yl4nOBlKnWIcGcYS@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:06:32 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Bruno Moreira-Guedes <codeagain@...eagain.dev>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, outreachy@...ts.linux.dev,
        Bruno's Patch Watchbox <patch-reply@...eagain.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Docs: Update kernel series in changes.rst

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 11:58:35PM -0300, Bruno Moreira-Guedes wrote:
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Intro
>  =====
>  
>  This document is designed to provide a list of the minimum levels of
> -software necessary to run the 4.x kernels.
> +software necessary to run the 5.x kernels.

We don't change the major version when we update the minimum required
tooling ... why not change this once and for all to say:

+software necessary to build the current kernel.