Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752020AbYJUTTk (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750874AbYJUTT3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:29 -0400 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:39104 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750747AbYJUTT2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:16:49 +0300 From: Felipe Balbi To: ext Stefan Richter Cc: felipe.balbi@nokia.com, Greg KH , 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: <20081021191649.GB32433@gandalf.research.nokia.com> Reply-To: felipe.balbi@nokia.com References: <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> <20081020210648.GA30389@kroah.com> <20081020222434.GF26744@gandalf.research.nokia.com> <48FE2978.5070108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48FE2978.5070108@s5r6.in-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Oct 2008 19:16:55.0456 (UTC) FILETIME=[94BF4200:01C933B1] X-Nokia-AV: Clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1616 Lines: 37 On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 09:11:52PM +0200, ext Stefan Richter wrote: > Felipe Balbi wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:06:48PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote: >>>> 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. >> >> sorry if i'm developing linux kernel for as long as you are. It's really >> not my business how many hours of counseling you had to attend to get >> over a version numbering change. > > The switch from 2.2/2.3/2.4/2.5 to 2.6.x was not a change of numbering > scheme, it was a change of the development model. 2.4 and 2.5 were two > parallel mainlines. 2.6.x is a single mainline, and there won't be two > mainlines again in any foreseeable future. at least now you gave me the reasons and I got the point. Thanks for clarifying. -- balbi -- 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/