I can se going to a 2.8 or 3.0 kernel if there is a major change on how things are done in the kernel. I guess getting rid if Big Lock was a major accomplishment. We now have a VM in the kernel, and major video card drivers. A lot of work has been done since 12/18/03 linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 32476 KB linux-2.6.39.tar.bz2 74314 KB
I can see going to a date system 2011.major.minor/update/patch -- Trevor PS: meeting this Wednesday, the 25th On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: > For those who do not troll Slashdot: > > In a message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List today regarding the > shortened merge window for the Linux 2.6.40 kernel, Linus Torvalds > brings up that there's already been many Linux 2.6 kernel releases and > that he could end up tagging this as the Linux 2.8.0 kernel. > > Reference: > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTQ3NQ > Email: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/5/23/358 > > I know this means very little to most people, but it is still kind of cool. > > Chris... > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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