[opensuse-kernel] Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean? Linus Torvalds has announced that the next release of the Linux kernel will have the name Linux 4.0. This release will mark the end of the Linux 3.X series, which began in July, 2011, and will mark the beginning of a new 4.X series. The announcement comes after Linus polled kernel developers to see if they were ready to start a new series. (If the developers had voted down the 4.0 name, the release would have been Linux 3.20.) The next release has received some significant attention for adding live kernel patching. Still, the casual attitude of Linus and the other developers regarding the release number is strangely comical--seemingly a parody of the commercial software industry, where a new "major release" is accompanied with vast explosions of fanfare and hype. As Linus says in his message to the kernel mailing list, "Because the people have spoken, and while most of it was complete gibberish, numbers don't lie. People preferred 4.0 and 4.0 it shall be. Unless somebody can come up with a good reason against it." .................. http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linus-Torvalds-Announces-Linux-4.0 -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.4 & kernel 3.19.0-3 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday 02 of March 2015 10:15:10 Basil Chupin wrote:
Still, the casual attitude of Linus and the other developers regarding the release number is strangely comical--seemingly a parody of the commercial software industry,
Shouldn't be so surprising _here_. After all, openSUSE "major" version numbers are about as significant as those of linux kernel. Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/02/2015 12:10 AM, Michal Kubecek wrote:
On Monday 02 of March 2015 10:15:10 Basil Chupin wrote:
Still, the casual attitude of Linus and the other developers regarding the release number is strangely comical--seemingly a parody of the commercial software industry,
Shouldn't be so surprising _here_. After all, openSUSE "major" version numbers are about as significant as those of linux kernel.
The only significance is this gets us to 4.1.15 a lot sooner. :) Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
02.03.2015 19:28, Larry Finger пишет:
On 03/02/2015 12:10 AM, Michal Kubecek wrote:
On Monday 02 of March 2015 10:15:10 Basil Chupin wrote:
Still, the casual attitude of Linus and the other developers regarding the release number is strangely comical--seemingly a parody of the commercial software industry,
Shouldn't be so surprising _here_. After all, openSUSE "major" version numbers are about as significant as those of linux kernel.
The only significance is this gets us to 4.1.15 a lot sooner. :)
Especially, taking into account that 4.1.15 will not exist. Stable (not longterm) kernels don't reach 15 patchset, only 7 or 8 usually. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 08:30:54PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
Especially, taking into account that 4.1.15 will not exist. Stable (not longterm) kernels don't reach 15 patchset, only 7 or 8 usually.
Unless Terminator Salvation fans persuade Greg to make stable-4.1.y longterm, of course. :-) Michal Kubeček -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
Michal Kubecek
On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 08:30:54PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
Especially, taking into account that 4.1.15 will not exist. Stable (not longterm) kernels don't reach 15 patchset, only 7 or 8 usually.
Unless Terminator Salvation fans persuade Greg to make stable-4.1.y longterm, of course. :-)
stable-3.8.y went until 3.8.13, so there is still a chance to get a 4.1.15 even without longterm. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, schwab@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 03/03/2015, 10:07 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Michal Kubecek
writes: On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 08:30:54PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
Especially, taking into account that 4.1.15 will not exist. Stable (not longterm) kernels don't reach 15 patchset, only 7 or 8 usually.
Unless Terminator Salvation fans persuade Greg to make stable-4.1.y longterm, of course. :-)
stable-3.8.y went until 3.8.13, so there is still a chance to get a 4.1.15 even without longterm.
Note that whoever can maintain 4.1 as longterm. So if we are going to release opensuse terminator edition, I promise to maintain 4.1 up to 4.1.15 :). Sounds like having fun. -- js suse labs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03.03.2015 16:10, Jiri Slaby wrote:
On 03/03/2015, 10:07 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Michal Kubecek
writes: On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 08:30:54PM +0300, Matwey V. Kornilov wrote:
Especially, taking into account that 4.1.15 will not exist. Stable (not longterm) kernels don't reach 15 patchset, only 7 or 8 usually.
Unless Terminator Salvation fans persuade Greg to make stable-4.1.y longterm, of course. :-)
stable-3.8.y went until 3.8.13, so there is still a chance to get a 4.1.15 even without longterm.
Note that whoever can maintain 4.1 as longterm. So if we are going to release opensuse terminator edition, I promise to maintain 4.1 up to 4.1.15 :).
You know that the T-800 runs MOS 6502? Happy porting :) Greetings, Stephan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
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Andreas Schwab
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Basil Chupin
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Jiri Slaby
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Larry Finger
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Matwey V. Kornilov
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Michal Kubecek
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Stephan Kulow