[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 25.05.2011 18:21, schrieb 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.

I doubt that. After Linus discoverted that "2.8.0" is longer than "3.0",
and thus the -stable releases could use the third digit instead of the
fourth, he was pretty fond of the "3.0" idea.

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