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semantics...semantics...Posted Jun 2, 2011 16:57 UTC (Thu) by nettings (subscriber, #429)In reply to: A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon Japan by Baylink Parent article: A conversation with Linus at LinuxCon Japan
well, 3.0 is the first kernel that starts its merge window without the Big Kernel Lock. in my book (as an audio user), this would excuse calling it 10.0, or "Linux 7", or Fire-breathing-Plutonium-Feline or whatever. 3.0 is comparably modest.
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semantics... Posted Jun 9, 2011 2:56 UTC (Thu) by Hausvib6 (guest, #70606) [Link]
I've got a feeling that many many years from now, most people will point that the major version bump to 3.0 was about the removal of BKL except for old dinosaurs, historians, LKML diggers, and you who read this.
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