Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756190AbYJPJQe (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:16:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755962AbYJPJQW (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:16:22 -0400 Received: from www.tglx.de ([62.245.132.106]:52896 "EHLO www.tglx.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755937AbYJPJQV (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:16:21 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:15:39 +0200 From: "Hans J. Koch" To: Greg KH Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change Message-ID: <20081016091538.GA2951@local> References: <20081016002509.GA25868@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081016002509.GA25868@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 695 Lines: 17 On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 05:25:09PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > Benefits of this is it more accuratly represents to people just how old > the kernel they are currently running is (2.6.9 would be have been > 2004.9.0 on this naming scheme.) That would be a nice advantage, especially in embedded land where industry people frequently use ancient kernels. OTOH, those people also still use Windows 2000 without realizing what the "2000" implies. Hans -- 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/