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SubjectRe: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7?
In article <20080719080002.GA11272@isi.edu> you wrote:
> In <200807180823.m6I8NIo27365@inv.it.uc3m.es>, Peter T. Breuer
> proposed switching to a three-level numbering scheme and resetting the
> middle number when useful [which I suppose might mean a major feature
> change or just a desire to avoid largish meaningless numbers]. I
> assume this sould give a sequence like:

> 2.6.26.s, 2.8.s, 2.9.s, 2.10.s,

Actually he said

rename 2.6.28 to 2.8.0
or
rename 2.6.29 to 2.9.0
or
rename 2.6.30 to 3.0.0

i.e. .. whatever you are doing now, just drop the first two numbers (the
"2.6" bit) since they seem to be constant.

I don't know where the idea you propose above came from, and I don't
quite understand it either!

Remember that Linus' only objective is to have smaller numbers, which
may therefore

1) be memorable
2) be good advertising copy
3) be meaningful

and that was the only intention of my scheme: "drop the constant bit".

Peter


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