Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760905AbYGQS20 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:28:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757839AbYGQS2Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:28:16 -0400 Received: from 82-39-188-205.cable.ubr03.benw.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.39.188.205]:38847 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754513AbYGQS2P (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:28:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:38:01 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Stoyan Gaydarov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gorcunov@gmail.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7? Message-ID: <20080715133801.546338c1@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: <6d291e080807141910m573b29b2t753ea7c4db09902d@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 593 Lines: 14 > maybe we could have 2008.7 instead. Or just increment the major version > every decade, the middle version every year, and the minor version every > time we make a release. Whatever. Why 2008 ? We have lots of year systems beyond the specific Western one. Surely "38." as the Unix epoch time... And .. 2008 sounds so "old Windows numbering" -- 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/