Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756727Ab1EXRla (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 13:41:30 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:41244 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753911Ab1EXRl2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 13:41:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4DDBEC91.8020004@zytor.com> References: <20110523192056.GC23629@elte.hu> <20110523231721.GM10009@thunk.org> <4DDAEC68.30803@zytor.com> <20110524154348.27ba649d@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <4DDBEC91.8020004@zytor.com> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 10:41:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: "jonsmirl@gmail.com" , Alan Cox , Jacek Luczak , Jan Engelhardt , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm , "Ted Ts'o" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , DRI , linux-fsdevel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 806 Lines: 21 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:36 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I think this whole discussion misses the essence of the new development > model, which is that we no longer do these kinds of feature-based major > milestones. Indeed. It's not about features. It hasn't been about features for forever. So a renumbering would be purely about dropping the numbers to something smaller and more easily recognized. The ABI wouldn't change. The API wouldn't change. There wouldn't be any big "because we finally did xyz". Linus -- 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/