linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.19

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi5fBCz1gT+9+AK9tH+hWkJD_jL2=OejHZrAnEPBeSt7Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 1 Aug 2022 09:59:30 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.19

On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 9:52 AM Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 02:43:03PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > (*) I'll likely call it 6.0 since I'm starting to worry about getting
> > confused by big numbers again.
>
> Are you confused by gradually smaller "big numbers"? Last major release
> update went:
>
>         v4.19 v4.20 v5.0

You are only proving my point.  The 4.0 transition was v3.19 .. v4.0.

"Confusion" isn't some sudden-onset "hit-by-a-freight-train" thing.

It slowly creeps up on you, like a ninja sloth on the hunt.

              Linus