[zeuux-linux] Linux内核可能将改变版本号命名规则

[Wang Guoqin]

在 Friday 18 July 2008 17:55:14，WANG Cong 写道：
> ----- Forwarded message from Linus Torvalds <> -----
> 
> From: Linus Torvalds <>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:47:46 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Stoyan Gaydarov <>
> cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
> 	gorcunov at gmail.com, akpm at linux-foundation.org, mingo at elte.hu
> Subject: Re: From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7?
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Stoyan Gaydarov wrote:
> > >
> > > For example, I don't see any individual feature that would merit a jump
> > > from 2.x to 3.x or even from 2.6.x to 2.8.x. So maybe those version jumps
> > > should be done by a time-based model too - matching how we actually do
> > > releases anyway.
> >
> > Does it have to be even numbers only?
> 
> No. But the even/odd thing is still so fresh in peoples memory (despite us 
> not having used it for years), and I think some projects aped us on it, so 
> if I didn't change the numbering setup, but just wanted to reset the minor 
> number, I'd probably jump from 2.6 to 2.8 just for historical reasons.
> 
> But I could also see the second number as being the "year", and 2008 would 
> get 2.8, and then next year I'd make the first release of 2009 be 2.9.1 
> (and probably avoid the ".0" just because it again has the connotations of 
> a "big new untested release", which is not true in a date-based numbering 
> scheme). And then 2010 would be 3.0.1 etc..
> 
> Anyway, I have to say that I personally don't have any hugely strong 
> opinions on the numbering. I suspect others do, though, and I'm almost 
> certain that this is an absolutely _perfect_ "bikeshed-painting" subject 
> where thousands of people will be very passionate and send me their 
> opinions on why _their_ particular shed color is so much better.
> 
> The only thing I do know is that I agree that "big meaningless numbers" 
> are bad. "26" is already pretty big. As you point out, the 2.4.x series 
> has much bigger numbers yet.
> 
> And yes, something like "2008" is obviously numerically bigger, but has a 
> direct meaning and as such is possibly better than something arbitrary and 
> non-descriptive like "26".
> 
> Let the bike-shed-painting begin.
> 
> (I had planned on taking this up at the kernel summit, where the shed 
> painting is at least limited to a much smaller audience, but since you 
> asked..)
> 
> 			Linus
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As I see, 如果编号方式在近期没有大的改变的话，至少在完善以下几点之后，内核就应该可以改到2.8.x了：
(1) ext4
(2) SLUB
(3) CFS
(4) kvm, xen
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