Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752790AbYJSCoy (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:44:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752103AbYJSCop (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:44:45 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:40807 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752072AbYJSCop (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:44:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:44:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Jan Engelhardt To: david@lang.hm cc: Thorsten Leemhuis , Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20081016002509.GA25868@kroah.com> <48F6E6EF.8020701@ct.heise.de> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LNX 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 846 Lines: 28 On Saturday 2008-10-18 21:52, david@lang.hm wrote: >> > >> > pick a name when the merge window opens >> >> Hell no, we're not a distro. > > huh? > > we are picking the name for the next kernel far more in advance today (we know > that the next kernel will be named 2.6.28, and the one after thta 2.6.29) "name" is not the same as "version". When you say name, I get this: $ grep NAME Makefile NAME = Rotary Wombat and we, hey, we already have names! > I'm just saying, pick the name/number for the kernel based on when the merge > window opened. Yeah. I mean that's how it was done so far :) -- 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/