linux-kernel - [RESEND] Please consider name next Linux release "I love Linux" (Re: Linux 5.19)

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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 22:02:15 +0800
From:   Zhang Boyang <zhangboyang.id@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     linux-next@...r.kernel.org, song@...nel.org, wei.liu@...nel.org,
        jszhang@...nel.org, chenhuacai@...nel.org, guoren@...nel.org,
        xiang@...nel.org, chao@...nel.org, ming.lei@...hat.com,
        bhe@...hat.com, longman@...hat.com, wqu@...e.com, yhs@...com,
        haoluo@...gle.com, decui@...rosoft.com, siyanteng@...ngson.cn
Subject: [RESEND] Please consider name next Linux release "I love Linux" (Re:
 Linux 5.19)

Hi,

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 name the next Linux release (5.20 or 6.0) "I 
love linux" ? The number "5.20" is a wordplay in Chinese, which means "I 
love you" [1], thus "Linux 5.20" can be read as "I love Linux" in Chinese.

Even if next kernel version is 6.0, I think it's probably a good idea 
for both Chinese-speakers and non-Chinese speakers to express our love 
to Linux Kernel.

The name of Linux kernel release has a long history of play-on-words 
[2]. For example, 5.15 is named "Trick or Treat" and 5.17 is named 
"Superb Owl".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Internet_slang

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history

Thanks and regards,
Zhang Boyang