Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755937AbYJTVhy (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:37:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755776AbYJTVgb (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:31 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:37454 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753711AbYJTVg3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:36:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:06:48 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Felipe Balbi Cc: Willy Tarreau , Alan Cox , Steven Noonan , Adrian Bunk , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change Message-ID: <20081020210648.GA30389@kroah.com> References: <20081017034717.GA28188@kroah.com> <20081017064751.GE22554@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20081017075544.GB4850@kroah.com> <20081017174657.GH2221@kroah.com> <20081017204723.15114eaa@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20081017214409.GB3585@kroah.com> <20081018084504.GQ24654@1wt.eu> <20081020203033.GB20788@kroah.com> <20081020205400.GB26744@gandalf.research.nokia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081020205400.GB26744@gandalf.research.nokia.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1993 Lines: 45 On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 01:30:33PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > IMHO, having a small number of small digits is the way to go. Using > > > 1 or 2 digits for the major and 1 for the minor is fine. After 3.9, you > > > go to version 4.0. Anyway, there are so many changes between versions > > > these days that any new versions could justify a major change (eg: > > > check the size of the 2.6.27 patch). > > > > > > With versions from 1.1 to 9.9, you can go as high as 88 versions, > > > which is about 22 years of development at current pace. After that, > > > we can simply turn to 10.0 and not break anything. > > > > > > It's also easier for users. Check how many non-kernel techies around you > > > know all 3 digits of the version they use. It's easier to remember 4.3 > > > than it is to remember 2.6.27. > > > > I agree that would be nicer, and easier for everyone. > > It's true it would be easier for tracking down and remembering the > version number, but on the other hand, the good thing about this > version number system is that we now 2.6.xx is a rather stable and > complete kernel tree and when we move to 2.7, we know it'll be the start > for the 2.8 kernel series. Um, did you not get the memo 3 years ago saying we are changing our development model and there will not be a 2.7 development series? Damm, I thought I had printed it out and placed it on everyone's chairs. Those pesky cleaners must have picked it up and recycled it, sorry about that... > Just like the migration from 2.4 to 2.5. Please don't bring up the dark ages again, many of us went through things back then that have taken a lot of counseling to be able to get over. thanks, greg k-h -- 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/