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[–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sure, but I still don't understand why they decided against semantic versioning. That way people would be far less confused.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    If semantic versioning is:

    MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes MINOR version when you add functionality in a backward compatible manner PATCH version when you make backward compatible bug fixes

    then I think that would be on like 3.77.0 or something right now. Not terrible, but honestly prefer it to be like the major upped in the new year every year. It is about 43 years old,so 43.x in 2026. Would be easier to know how old a kernel release is without looking it up.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Would be easier to know how old a kernel release is without looking it up.

    I concur, but it would be much easier to make the major version the current year (as many projects do, and Linux should imo) rather than the whole project's age at the time of a release.

    Linux is only 34 years old, btw.

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