Re: [PATCH] README: make the README agnostic to version numbers

[Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@163.com>]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:34:50AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Personally I don't think the "4.x" numbers add anything to the
> understanding of the document.

Maybe the reason you think so is that you are quite familiar with the kernel,
but we should also take care of the ones who are not familiar with it. For example,
usually, README is the first file for these people to read, with version numbers in README,
then one will acquire which era the kenrel is currently in.

> And anyway, Linus doesn't update them to
> 4.0, 4.1, etc per release, so it's not a real release file.
> 

Even so, i still believe that's helpful with version number references in README.

> 
> True, changing this file every 4 years or so isn't a big deal.  But
> Linux doesn't do _big_ changes any more, so whether its "3.x", "4.x", or
> "x.y", the use cases and release notes are the same.

Well, personally, i really don't think so.

--
Yaowei

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> Josh