LWN: Comments on "Stable kernels 3.8.6, 3.4.39, and 3.0.72"

I love the version number

yann.morin.1998 — 2013-04-06T22:47:00+00:00

> 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:

v3.8..v3.39 -> 31 releases
v4.0..v4.39 -> 40 "
v5.0..v5.39 -> 40 "
v6.0..v6.8 -> 9 "
Total : 120 releases

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

apoelstra — 2013-04-06T20:44:19+00:00

It would be fun if 'workgroup' became a synonym for 'cgroup' starting in Linux 3.11.

Re: I love the version number

dskoll — 2013-04-06T20:16:20+00:00

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

man_ls — 2013-04-06T13:02:36+00:00

Yes, but will it have support for workgroups?

Re: I love the version number

Cyberax — 2013-04-06T02:33:57+00:00

I'm still waiting for Linux 3.11

Re: I love the version number

naptastic — 2013-04-06T02:22:21+00:00

(How long have you been waiting to post this?)

I love the version number

cry_regarder — 2013-04-06T00:22:39+00:00

How old will we be when 6.8.6 comes out?

I love the version number

dskoll — 2013-04-05T19:54:14+00:00

I think the version 3.8.6 is quite evocative.