Kernel numbering

Kernel numbering

Posted Feb 29, 2008 2:18 UTC (Fri) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054)
Parent article: Ten-year timeline part 6: almost to the present

This kernel summit decision - which, among other things, said that there would be no 2.7 kernel - surprised almost everybody.

Meanwhile, 2.6.8.1 was the first three-dot kernel release ever; it was rushed out in response to an unpleasant, last-minute bug in 2.6.8.

Am I the only person to have noticed that the ``2.6.'' prefix is now superfluous? Isn't it about time to label the current kernel ``25-rc3''?

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