Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:08:08 +0200 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: On Linux numbering scheme |
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On 10/22/2010 04:00 AM, Al Viro wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 07:06:23PM -0500, kevin granade wrote: > >> Any particular reason not to continue the date-oriented format and >> have the third number be the numerical representation of the month >> rather than an incrementing numbering of the releases? It would still >> be monotonically increasing, which is the only requirement, right? > > Why do we need to change it, anyway?
Agreed. These days, I use just the last digit, as in kernel 36, in casual contexts. It's a number as good as any other. I don't think it needs to be changed actively. If the 2.6. prefix is bothering, just use the last number and maybe that will become semi-official in the future, or maybe not. Doesn't really matter.
-- tejun
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