Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933034AbZJFSSJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:18:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933010AbZJFSSI (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:18:08 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:59590 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933011AbZJFSSH (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:18:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:16:37 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Stefan Richter Cc: Linus Torvalds , Dirk Hohndel , Len Brown , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 Message-ID: <20091006181637.GA25732@elte.hu> References: <1254797502.14122.146.camel@dhohndel-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com> <20091006144449.GA23078@elte.hu> <20091006153632.GA29795@elte.hu> <4ACB7B4D.8080203@s5r6.in-berlin.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ACB7B4D.8080203@s5r6.in-berlin.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1357 Lines: 40 * Stefan Richter wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > So how about this? > > > > It changes how CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO works, in the following trivial > > way: > > > > - if it is set, things work the way they always have, and you get a > > extended kernel release like > > > > 2.6.32-rc3-00052-g0eca52a-dirty > > > > - but if it is _not_ set, > [...] > > we append just "+", so you get a version number like > > > > 2.6.32-rc3+ > [...] > > The "+" could be anything else, of course. The diff is pretty obvious, you > > can argue about exactly _what_ you'd like to see as a suffix for "and then > > some". > > The "+" suffix is already in informal use with a different meaning. > It's customary to write "For feature XY, you need kernel 2.6.31+" as a > shorthand for "kernel 2.6.31 or any later release". '+' is also informally used to denote addition and a whole ton of other things. (and likewise all other ASCII characters) The primary context in where it's used, uname output and "I used kernel v2.6.31+" statements is pretty unambigous i think. Ingo -- 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/