linux-kernel - RE: Please consider Linux 5.20 because it means "I love Linux" in Chinese (Re: Linux 5.19)

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Date:   Sun, 7 Aug 2022 17:21:38 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Zhang Boyang' <zhangboyang.id@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "loongarch@...ts.linux.dev" <loongarch@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Please consider Linux 5.20 because it means "I love Linux" in
 Chinese (Re: Linux 5.19)

From: Zhang Boyang
> Sent: 05 August 2022 18:00
> 
> On 2022/8/1 05:43, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > (*) I'll likely call it 6.0 since I'm starting to worry about getting
> > confused by big numbers again.
> 
> Could you please consider use 5.20 as next version number instead of
> 6.0? "5.20" is a wordplay number in Chinese, which means "I love you".
> Thus "Linux 5.20" can be read as "I love Linux" in Chinese. So I think
> it's good thing to release something like "Linux 5.20 I love linux
> edition", just like "Linux For Workgroups 3.11" in the past.

I was thinking he should do 5.20, 5.21 and 5.22 before 6.0.
Just to stop anyone thinking it always changed after .19.

	David

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