From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 17:01:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 17:01:34 -0400 Received: from [195.180.174.209] ([195.180.174.209]:41859 "EHLO idun.neukum.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 1 May 2001 17:01:21 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Oliver Neukum To: Erik Hensema , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Meaning of major kernel version number Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 23:01:11 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] In-Reply-To: <20010501224943.A21208@hensema.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010501224943.A21208@hensema.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01050123011105.04685@idun> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, 1. May 2001 22:49, Erik Hensema wrote: > Hi, > > A little question which may be a FAQ: what does the major version number > [1] of the Linux kernel (still) mean? What is the policy on increasing the > major version (eg. on what basis it is decided the next kernel isn't going > to be 2.6 but 3.0)? Our great fearless leader will talk with the penguin beyond the sky. HTH Oliver