From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 04:11:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20110524021139.GB19249@elte.hu> References: <20110523192056.GC23629@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, DRI , linux-fsdevel , linux-mm , Andrew Morton , Greg KH List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org * Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > I really hope there's also a voice that tells you to wait until .42 before > > cutting 3.0.0! :-) > > So I'm toying with 3.0 (and in that case, it really would be "3.0", > not "3.0.0" - the stable team would get the third digit rather than > the fourth one. > > But no, it wouldn't be for 42. Despite THHGTTG, I think "40" is a > fairly nice round number. Also, in all fairness, we should probably display a certain amount of humility: while Linux has certainly reached milestones such as world domination (as far as large and small computers are concerned), so calling it 3.0 is a fair deal, we probably have to wait for version 42.0 before we can consider the Linux kernel to be the ultimate answer to life, universe and everything. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:55783 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755737Ab1EXCLt (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2011 22:11:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 04:11:39 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: (Short?) merge window reminder Message-ID: <20110524021139.GB19249@elte.hu> References: <20110523192056.GC23629@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, DRI , linux-fsdevel , linux-mm , Andrew Morton , Greg KH Message-ID: <20110524021139.AdQIuD0pw9dbHJGVnJc8IlcR3rbUkfWtqeFNfCNOnio@z> * Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > I really hope there's also a voice that tells you to wait until .42 before > > cutting 3.0.0! :-) > > So I'm toying with 3.0 (and in that case, it really would be "3.0", > not "3.0.0" - the stable team would get the third digit rather than > the fourth one. > > But no, it wouldn't be for 42. Despite THHGTTG, I think "40" is a > fairly nice round number. Also, in all fairness, we should probably display a certain amount of humility: while Linux has certainly reached milestones such as world domination (as far as large and small computers are concerned), so calling it 3.0 is a fair deal, we probably have to wait for version 42.0 before we can consider the Linux kernel to be the ultimate answer to life, universe and everything. Thanks, Ingo