Posted Apr 6, 2013 0:22 UTC (Sat) by cry_regarder (subscriber, #50545)
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How old will we be when 6.8.6 comes out?
I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 22:47 UTC (Sat) by yann.morin.1998 (subscriber, #54333)
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> How old will we be when 6.8.6 comes out?
Given that Linus has said that he would increase the major number when the patch-level would become stupidly too large, and that happened at .40 for the 2.6 series, we still have that much releases until v6.8:
Let's assume we'll maintain a roughly-3-month schedule between releases, that's 360 months until 6.8 is released. Lets give it a few more months (3) for its .6 stable release, that's a whooping 30 years and 3 months.
So, I don't know how old you'll be, but I should be in my late 60s when linux 6.8.6 eventually gets out... :-/
As for our Benevolent Dictator... ;-)
Regards,
Yann.
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 2:22 UTC (Sat) by naptastic (subscriber, #60139)
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(How long have you been waiting to post this?)
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 2:33 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
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I'm still waiting for Linux 3.11
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 13:02 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
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Yes, but will it have support for workgroups?
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 20:44 UTC (Sat) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205)
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It would be fun if 'workgroup' became a synonym for 'cgroup' starting in Linux 3.11.
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 6, 2013 20:16 UTC (Sat) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
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I started using Linux in 1996, so quite a long time. :)
It's fun to say "I run Linux 3.8.6 for x86_64!"
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 8, 2013 11:09 UTC (Mon) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
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I find it more amusing that you can also run it on ARM.
Re: I love the version number
Posted Apr 8, 2013 20:27 UTC (Mon) by edeloget (subscriber, #88392)
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I find the lack of i386 support in Linux 3.8.6 disturbing.
