Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:55:20 -0300 | From | "Rafael C. de Almeida" <> | Subject | Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7? |
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Rene Herman wrote: > On 15-07-08 20:04, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Clearly, the 2. prefix has long outlived its usefulness as far as >> Linux is concerned, and probably the 6 as well. > > Been calling the -stable branches v20, v21, v22, ... here. > > I do believe the numbering scheme should at least ostensibly still be > feature driven, not be a fully robotic date thing. With the latter, you > definitely miss out on press-opportunities and that's not even meant > cynical. There just is a bit of industry around Linux and the promotion > opportunities of (say) "Linux 3" are really lots, lots bigger than > anything boringly date based.
And that's why after the adoption of generics and a few things java all the sudden became java 5. I don't like that. I hope the world gets used to learning things instead of just being driven by a pretty number. And I think that not using marketing numbers on a popular software is a good step into helping people realise that version numbers are meant to keep track of the changes not to look cool.
> That even holds for things like books -- I just bet that a "all new, > covers Linux 3!" blurp on the cover sells lots more copies than a "all > new, covers the march 21st 2009 version of Linux!" one.
I rather just have good books around. I can bet that all -- or at least most of -- those new "LINUX 3!" books would suck. So it's better if they sell little or not sell at all.
> But yes, the current monotic increase is definitely getting a bit boring > as well. The kernel as of 2.6.26 is quite different from the kernel that > was known as 2.6.0 so just be creative I'd say and set a 2.8 goal. Next > version can be 2.9 (should be clear enough by then) and then watch world > domination happen with the big 3.0 release.
Well, if 2.6.0 was 3.0 (2003.0) then people would easily realise that they're missing 5 years of kernel development. Given that hint, if they take a look on a few Changelogs they'll soon find out they're missing on quite a lot.
> Linux 2010.5? Boooooooooring....
Well, it is software versioning and not Gisele Bündchen taking off her top.
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