[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

[Ionut Biru]

On 05/25/2011 06:53 PM, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 25.05.2011 17:43, schrieb jesse jaara:
>> This is from recent kerbel mailing list post. A voice inside Torvals head is
>> telling hin that it would be time to go for 3.0 versioning
>
> Everyone, don't get too excited. The reasons for "Linux 3.0" are
> - "the numbers are getting too big" (2.6.40)
> - the 2.6 prefix has no meaning, and 3.0 for a release and 3.0.1 for a
> bugfix release is shorter than 2.6.40 anf 2.6.40.1
> - some products are "linux 2.6 ready" when they support linux 2.6.9.
> - Linux is now 30 years old (more or less), so "3.0" sounds nice.
>

following the gnome steps, GNOME OS is near!! </joke>

> The original reason though was the first one: Linus thought that the
> number 40 is just too big. Except the name and the usual changes, there
> is absolutely nothing new about this release.
>


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