Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7?

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Jul 15 2008 - 06:10:43 EST


Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> So if the version were to be date-based, instead of releasing 2.6.26,
> maybe we could have 2008.7 instead. Or just increment the major version
> every decade, the middle version every year, and the minor version every
> time we make a release. Whatever.

Or you could just do it like emacs or Solaris and simply use a single number.

-Andi
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