[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

[Sander Jansen]

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> 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

Of course, the 3. would still have no meaning.... :P

Sander