Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:18:10 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change |
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Greg KH wrote: > You brought this topic up a few months ago, and passed it off as > something we would discuss at the kernel summit. But that never > happened, so I figured I'd bring it up again here. > > So, as someone who constantly is dealing with kernel version numbers all > the time with the -stable trees, our current numbering scheme is a pain > a times. How about this proposal instead?
> Any thoughts? > > Let the bike-shedding begin!
What about just using the git SHA1?
Advantages: - We're all getting older. Training our memory to remember SHA1 IDs is actually good for us! - Perhaps Google will finally start tracking git commits, so I can feed them a git commit ID mentioned in a random email and find the actual commit, without having to know to which repository it belongs?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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