Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752726AbYJRHTy (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:19:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751281AbYJRHTq (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:19:46 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:34040 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750871AbYJRHTp (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:19:45 -0400 Message-ID: <48F98DE2.8030205@kernel.org> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:18:58 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Alan Cox , Adrian Bunk , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change References: <20081016002509.GA25868@kroah.com> <20081016124943.GE23630@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20081016151748.GA31075@kroah.com> <20081016153053.GJ5834@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <20081016154726.GA6331@kroah.com> <20081016171626.GB22554@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20081017040239.GB28188@kroah.com> <20081017103138.1ca68d17@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <48F8C000.8030003@kernel.org> <20081017174226.GF2221@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20081017174226.GF2221@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1039 Lines: 25 Greg KH wrote: >> >> I think it's both visually cumbersome and has the problem that it is harder >> to predict future releases. The first problem can be dealt with by simply >> subtracting 2000 from the year (Altera uses this scheme for their EDA >> tools, and I didn't realize it for quite a while because it looked so >> natural), but the second is still a problem. > > What is the "problem" of predicting future releases? What relies on the > actual number being "correct" some random time in the future? > We already have the 2.6.28-rc series; and we are already talking about 2.6.29 features. We *really* don't want 2008.3-rc4 to be followed by 2009.1-rc5. That is the kind of stuff that make script makers want to strangle developers alive with their own intestines. -hpa -- 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/