Re: I vote for incrimenting the version number to 3.0.0, Re: Linux-2.2.0 (pre1)

Gavin M. Roy (gavinroy@nextpath.com)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:01:05 -0800

Not to mention usually, and I believe in the case of Linux, major versioning
is layed out ahead of time, with certain goals in mind. i.e. the 2.2
kernels have a certain goal-set, the 3.0 kernels have a certain goal set.
Making the versioning "sound" more impressive isn't the goal here. The goal
is to create an organized, stable OS kernel. Than means making a roadmap
and sticking to it.

My 2 cents, anyway (c:

Gavin

----- Original Message -----
From: <ralf@uni-koblenz.de>
To: Anthony Barbachan <barbacha@Hinako.AMBusiness.com>; Kernel Mailing List
<linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: I vote for incrimenting the version number to 3.0.0, Re:
Linux-2.2.0 (pre1)

>On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:07:50PM -0500, Anthony Barbachan wrote:
>
>> With all the changes in the upcomming kernel, as well as the time
invested
>> in its development, it seams to me that perhaps we should release it as
>> 3.0.0. 2.2 makes it sound like an incrimental release, not much
different
>> than 2.0.x. Besides which 3.0.0 sounds much more sellable to future
>> potential customers/users who are used to MS's (as well as others') bad
>> habit of taking three versions to get thing right.
>
>Number cosmetics ...
>
> Ralf
>
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