[arch-general] Why doesn't Arch show full kernel version in uname-r?

[David C. Rankin]

Guys,

	When I do uname -r to get the kernel name, I never get the full versions 
information about the installed kernel. Example, tonight, the new kernel is:

kernel26-2.6.31.1-1-x86_64

but when I do a uname -r, I only see: "2.6.31-ARCH". That doesn't tell me 
anything about the minor version, etc. and if that information is wanted, then 
you have to look at the cache or some other software package that would 
disclose this. As another example, on an older suse box I have uname -r gives: 
2.6.25.20-0.5-pae. That tells me exactly version I'm  running. Any reason the 
rest of the version string inst included in this naming?

Not a biggie by any stretch, just another curious thought ;-)

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