[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

[Yaro Kasear]

On Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:14:55 Sander Jansen wrote:
> 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

I heard from several reliable sources it'll be 2.8, not 3.0.

Why not just call the package "kernel?"