Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754499AbYGRIXo (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:23:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752954AbYGRIX2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:23:28 -0400 Received: from smtp03.uc3m.es ([163.117.176.133]:43186 "EHLO smtp03.uc3m.es" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752854AbYGRIX1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:23:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:23:18 +0200 Message-Id: <200807180823.m6I8NIo27365@inv.it.uc3m.es> From: "Peter T. Breuer" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7? X-Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: <20080717224041.GM31126@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.15 (i686)) X-imss-version: 2.051 X-imss-result: Passed X-imss-scanInfo: M:B L:E SM:2 X-imss-tmaseResult: TT:1 TS:-13.7660 TC:1F TRN:22 TV:5.5.1026(16038.005) X-imss-scores: Clean:100.00000 C:0 M:0 S:0 R:0 X-imss-settings: Baseline:1 C:1 M:1 S:1 R:1 (0.0000 0.0000) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1088 Lines: 35 In article <20080717224041.GM31126@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Lennart wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:05:07PM +0100, Alastair Stevens wrote: >> Forgive me if I missed it, but I've not seen any suggestions along the lines >> of this: how about just dropping the now-meaningless '.6' from the version >> string and retaining the rest. In other words: >> >> 2.27 >> 2.27.1 >> ... >> 2.28 >> 2.28.1 >> 2.28.2 >> >> That way you continue the series in a meaningful way, whilst reverting to a >> neater 3-level numbering scheme again. Perhaps you could make 2.[6.]30 the >> switchover point.... > So what makes the 6 meaningless and the 2 meaningful and worth keeping? Nothing. Drop both. 2.6.28 -> 2.8.0 could be a useful switch point. > It does nothing for Linus's dislike of large numbers either. The above does. Peter -- 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/