Re: Linux 3.0-rc1

[Camille Moncelier]

On Sun, 29 May 2011 18:30:32 -0700
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I decided to just bite the bullet, and call the next version 3.0. It
> will get released close enough to the 20-year mark, which is excuse
> enough for me, although honestly, the real reason is just that I can
> no longe rcomfortably count as high as 40.

So, this is a <odd>.x.y release right ? According to you the schedule
was:

> - 2.6.<odd>: still a stable kernel, but accept bigger changes leading
>   up to it (timeframe: a month or two).
> - 2.<odd>.x: aim for big changes that may destabilize the kernel for 
>   several releases (timeframe: a year or two)
> - <odd>.x.x: Linus went crazy, broke absolutely _everything_, and
>   rewrote the kernel to be a microkernel using a special
>   message-passing version of Visual Basic. (timeframe: "we expect that
>   he will be released from the mental institution in a decade or
>   two").

Then the big question is where's that microkernel stuff you promised ?
Does the travel you are planning next week has anything to do with the
mental institution ?



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