[Cppcms-users] Linux kernel version silliness Re: versioning scheme

[augustin <aug...@ov...>]

On Sunday, September 04, 2011 04:50:20 PM augustin wrote:
> According to wikipedia, the linux kernel version 2.6.0 was released on 18 
> December 2003: it means the 2.6.x branch is almost 8 years old, and the
> only  digit that matters is the 3rd one, i.e. supposedly the list
> significant one! It makes no sense to me.

I just noticed that we now have a linux kernel version 3.0!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Timeline

And as if to emphasise my point, after eight years spent in the 2.6.x branch, 
one might expect that the jump to 3.0.x means something momentous.

But no:

"Version 3.0 was released 22 Jul 2011. Torvalds announced that the big change 
was, "NOTHING. Absolutely nothing.""

It is confusing the way the kernel version have jumped:
Linux 0.1.x
Linux 1.0.x
Linux 1.1.x
Linux 1.2.x
Linux 1.3.x
Linux 2.0.x
Linux 2.2.x
Linux 2.4.x
Linux 2.6.x
Linux 3.0.x

With a Drupal-like two digit system, the versioning path is much more 
predictable, and more importantly, clearer to understand.



Augustin.





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