Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269085AbUJWDFU (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:05:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269297AbUJWDDT (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:03:19 -0400 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:42431 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269256AbUJWC6T (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:58:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 23:03:56 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: The naming wars continue... Message-ID: <20041023030356.GA5005@animx.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List References: <20041022234631.GF28904@waste.org> <20041023011549.GK17038@holomorphy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 852 Lines: 17 > The fact is, Linux naming has always sucked. Well, at least the versioning > I've used. Others tend to be more organized. Me, I'm the "artistic" type, > so I sometimes try to do something new, and invariably stupid. Given that the versioning was supposedly .. and the difference between 2.4 and 2.6 was substantial, why not just bump instead of the minor. Then we'd have 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1.1 (for stupid mistakes). Isn't it time we move off the 2.x series and start thinking of the 3.x series? -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/