Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757950Ab1EaF7q (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 01:59:46 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:59044 "EHLO gate.crashing.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751150Ab1EaF7p (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 01:59:45 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 3.0-rc1 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:59:38 +1000 Message-ID: <1306821578.7481.646.camel@pasglop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 943 Lines: 26 On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 18:30 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Now, my alpha-maleness sadly does not actually extend to all the > scripts and Makefile rules, so the kernel is fighting back, and is > calling itself 3.0.0-rc1. We'll have the usual 6-7 weeks to wrestle it > into submission, and get scripts etc cleaned up, and the final release > should be just "3.0". The -stable team can use the third number for > their versioning. So a bit of bike shedding :-) Why don't we just keep the 3 digits ? You release 3.x.0 and Greg increments the last one ? That means existing tools don't break, and number of digits doesn't change all the time anymore, less likely to get wrong... Cheers, Ben. -- 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/