From: "Hans-Peter Jansen" <hpj@urpla.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 01:00:07 +0200
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On Monday 23 May 2011, 22:33:48 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > I really hope there's also a voice that tells you to wait until .42
> > before cutting 3.0.0! :-)
>
> So I'm toying with 3.0 (and in that case, it really would be "3.0",
> not "3.0.0" - the stable team would get the third digit rather than
> the fourth one.
>
> But no, it wouldn't be for 42. Despite THHGTTG, I think "40" is a
> fairly nice round number.
>
> There's also the timing issue - since we no longer do version numbers
> based on features, but based on time, just saying "we're about to
> start the third decade" works as well as any other excuse.

But hey, do you really want to release a Linux 3.0 kernel without 
serious layered filesystem functionality? 

Shame on you,
Pete

PS.: Sorry for being such a pest in this regard, but filesystem layering 
is one of the most important missing bits to excel out of the box in
 * live distros 
 * diskless computing
 * flash based systems
Even the linux based commercial PBX solution (mobydick), I bought, ships 
with it.
PPS.: Bad timing, I know, but I'm glad, that Al is back to life again..
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