Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932786Ab1EXOk3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 10:40:29 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:60428 "EHLO www.etchedpixels.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932282Ab1EXOk1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 10:40:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:41:37 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Ted Ts'o" Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , DRI , linux-mm , linux-fsdevel , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder Message-ID: <20110524154137.5ab5e110@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110523231721.GM10009@thunk.org> References: <20110523192056.GC23629@elte.hu> <20110523231721.GM10009@thunk.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.0; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAFVBMVEWysKsSBQMIAwIZCwj///8wIhxoRDXH9QHCAAABeUlEQVQ4jaXTvW7DIBAAYCQTzz2hdq+rdg494ZmBeE5KYHZjm/d/hJ6NfzBJpp5kRb5PHJwvMPMk2L9As5Y9AmYRBL+HAyJKeOU5aHRhsAAvORQ+UEgAvgddj/lwAXndw2laEDqA4x6KEBhjYRCg9tBFCOuJFxg2OKegbWjbsRTk8PPhKPD7HcRxB7cqhgBRp9Dcqs+B8v4CQvFdqeot3Kov6hBUn0AJitrzY+sgUuiA8i0r7+B3AfqKcN6t8M6HtqQ+AOoELCikgQSbgabKaJW3kn5lBs47JSGDhhLKDUh1UMipwwinMYPTBuIBjEclSaGZUk9hDlTb5sUTYN2SFFQuPe4Gox1X0FZOufjgBiV1Vls7b+GvK3SU4wfmcGo9rPPQzgIabfj4TYQo15k3bTHX9RIw/kniir5YbtJF4jkFG+dsDK1IgE413zAthU/vR2HVMmFUPIHTvF6jWCpFaGw/A3qWgnbxpSm9MSmY5b3pM1gvNc/gQfwBsGwF0VCtxZgAAAAASUVORK5CYII= Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 788 Lines: 18 > If we change from 2.6.X to 3.X, then if we don't change anything else, > then successive stable release will cause the LINUX_VERSION_CODE to be > incremented. This isn't necessary bad, but it would be a different > from what we have now. I think I prefer 3 digits. Otherwise we will have to pass 3.0, 3.1 and 3.11 all of which numbers still give older sysadmins flashbacks and will have them waking screaming in the middle of the night. Also saves breaking all the tools and assumptions people have been used to for some many years Alan -- 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/