Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:11:52 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change |
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Felipe Balbi wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:06:48PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:54:00PM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote: >>> when we move to 2.7, we know it'll be the start >>> for the 2.8 kernel series. >> Um, did you not get the memo 3 years ago saying we are changing our >> development model and there will not be a 2.7 development series? >> >> Damm, I thought I had printed it out and placed it on everyone's chairs. >> Those pesky cleaners must have picked it up and recycled it, sorry about >> that... >> >>> Just like the migration from 2.4 to 2.5. >> Please don't bring up the dark ages again, many of us went through >> things back then that have taken a lot of counseling to be able to get >> over. > > sorry if i'm developing linux kernel for as long as you are. It's really > not my business how many hours of counseling you had to attend to get > over a version numbering change.
The switch from 2.2/2.3/2.4/2.5 to 2.6.x was not a change of numbering scheme, it was a change of the development model. 2.4 and 2.5 were two parallel mainlines. 2.6.x is a single mainline, and there won't be two mainlines again in any foreseeable future.
> Maybe you still need a bit more, judging by your reply.
Or maybe not. You obviously misread his post. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- =-=- =-=-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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