Messages in this thread | | | From | el es <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change | Date | Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:21:35 +0000 (UTC) |
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Greg KH <greg <at> kroah.com> writes:
> > Hi, > > 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? > > We number the kernel based on the year, and the numbers of releases we > have done this year: > YEAR.NUMBER.MINOR_RELEASE >
I strongly disagree about the full year indication in front ;)
and bring up my older idea of
the scheme to be s.yy.ww.tt, that is :
s - series, as it is now (freedom to Linus to declare a whole 'new generation'
;) if he wanted )
yy - two (in a hundred years, three) digits of the year
Now the interesting part begins which is
ww - the number of the week of the release. This will be between 1 and 52 (53)
tt - the number of the week of stable release. As above.
It is: - most similar to the scheme used so far, - informative : the ww and tt numbers are the week numbers of when the actual
release HAPPENED, not when it is predicted.
- easy to put some automation into it (git release HEAD now ) could branch the
current and rename it accordingly (not that I know how to do it, just
imagination)
- (mod) in case there are more than one release in a week, letters could be
used (e.g. 2.08.44[a..z]) in as many count as needed (2.08.45deadbeef.50sodead )(or put the git commit indication there ?)
- in case the stable releases go forth into next year or over, the stable team
puts additional .yy.ww instead of their own .tt (like 2.08.45.09.05) (yes I know
it is long)
- the -rc releases go as usual beginning with latest mainline release
(2.08.45-rcX, X being a number as it is now)
- dubbing behavior of silicon manufacturers who print the actual week number of
production onto their chips - imagine looking at a chip and quick glancing at
the kernel version number and _knowing_ it should be OK ;)
My £0.02 ;) > > Any thoughts? > > Let the bike-shedding begin! > > thanks, > > greg k-h >
Lukasz
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