From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756642AbYJQQl0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:41:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755058AbYJQQlR (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:41:17 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:35969 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753867AbYJQQlR (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:41:17 -0400 Message-ID: <48F8C000.8030003@kernel.org> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:40:32 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Greg KH , Adrian Bunk , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel version numbering scheme change References: <20081016002509.GA25868@kroah.com> <20081016124943.GE23630@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20081016151748.GA31075@kroah.com> <20081016153053.GJ5834@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> <20081016154726.GA6331@kroah.com> <20081016171626.GB22554@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20081017040239.GB28188@kroah.com> <20081017103138.1ca68d17@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081017103138.1ca68d17@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: >> So I proposed an alternative, YEAR.NUMBER. The year is easy to keep > > Which calendaring system ? Presumably the Gregorian one, rooted in the Common Era, but that's sort of irrelevant. I think it's both visually cumbersome and has the problem that it is harder to predict future releases. The first problem can be dealt with by simply subtracting 2000 from the year (Altera uses this scheme for their EDA tools, and I didn't realize it for quite a while because it looked so natural), but the second is still a problem. -hpa