Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
quoted text
>
> 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
--
unsubscribe notice
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/