Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:44:42 -0400 (EDT) | | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change |
On Saturday 2008-10-18 21:52, david@lang.hm wrote:
>> >>> > pick a name when the merge window opens>>>> Hell no, we're not a distro.>> huh?>> we are picking the name for the next kernel far more in advance today (we know
> that the next kernel will be named 2.6.28, and the one after thta 2.6.29)
"name" is not the same as "version". When you say name, I get this:
$ grep NAME Makefile
NAME = Rotary Wombat
and we, hey, we already have names!
> I'm just saying, pick the name/number for the kernel based on when the merge
> window opened.
Yeah. I mean that's how it was done so far :)
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