Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:09:58 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change |
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el es wrote: > > the scheme to be s.yy.ww.tt, that is : > > s - series, as it is now (freedom to Linus to declare a whole 'new generation' > > ;) if he wanted ) > > yy - two (in a hundred years, three) digits of the year > > Now the interesting part begins which is > > ww - the number of the week of the release. This will be between 1 and 52 (53) > > tt - the number of the week of stable release. As above. > > It is: > - most similar to the scheme used so far, > - informative : the ww and tt numbers are the week numbers of when the actual > > release HAPPENED, not when it is predicted. >
Which really sucks for dealing with future releases.
-hpa
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