Messages in this thread | | | From | Camille Moncelier <> | Subject | Re: Linux 3.0-rc1 | Date | Mon, 30 May 2011 15:38:26 +0200 |
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On Sun, 29 May 2011 18:30:32 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > I decided to just bite the bullet, and call the next version 3.0. It > will get released close enough to the 20-year mark, which is excuse > enough for me, although honestly, the real reason is just that I can > no longe rcomfortably count as high as 40.
So, this is a <odd>.x.y release right ? According to you the schedule was:
> - 2.6.<odd>: still a stable kernel, but accept bigger changes leading > up to it (timeframe: a month or two). > - 2.<odd>.x: aim for big changes that may destabilize the kernel for > several releases (timeframe: a year or two) > - <odd>.x.x: Linus went crazy, broke absolutely _everything_, and > rewrote the kernel to be a microkernel using a special > message-passing version of Visual Basic. (timeframe: "we expect that > he will be released from the mental institution in a decade or > two").
Then the big question is where's that microkernel stuff you promised ? Does the travel you are planning next week has anything to do with the mental institution ?
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