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Version numbering

Posted Aug 14, 2004 15:18 UTC (Sat) by Gunner (subscriber, #1448)
In reply to: Version numbering by mk270
Parent article: Kernels 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1 released

They already considered that, but Linus thought it was about time:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/225784

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Version numbering

Posted Aug 14, 2004 17:55 UTC (Sat) by nosnilmot (subscriber, #746) [Link]

From Linus' email:

Will it break automated scripts? Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it some time.

It looks like it did break someone's "script" :)