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    SubjectRe: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change
    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.
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    Stefan Richter
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