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No 2.7 Linux Kernel Branch Due Soon
An anonymous reader writes "At the fourth annual Linux Kernel Developers Summit, it was decided that there won't be a 2.7 Linux kernel development branch any time soon. Instead, Linux creator Linus Torvalds and the official 2.6 maintainer Andrew Morton have decided to continue working as a team, further enhancing the 2.6 kernel. Up to this point, kernels ending in an odd number (2.1, 2.3, 2.5, etc) were considered development kernels, and kernels ending in an even number (2.2, 2.4, 2.6, etc) were considered stable kernels. However, according to this KernelTrap article, active development will now continue in the mainline 2.6 tree, and the final stabilization will be left up to the companies that provide Linux distributions."
we get stories for every kernel realease as it is, and now we get stories when there's *not* gonna be a kernel release?
what's next? a story on microsoft *not* putting out a new version of windows?...oh, wait...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
Nothing like doing development on a production machine! I love the smell of flaky kernels in the morning.
... for the first poster who cries "FORK!!!"
What? Oh, jeez, it was me.
I'm not normally an irrational zealous dickhead, but I figure "When in Rome..."
Maybe they don't want to go to 2.7 because they're worried that they may run out of digits before they have to go to Linux 3.0
:E
Hmmmm.. The step to Linux 3.0. Could be a PR disaster. 2 is a sexy sequel, 3 is usually a not so sexy sequel. 4 is the beginning of something mature and steady, but 3 is just... well it's just a number!
May the Maths Be with you!
I don't believe 2.7 will ever happen. In a move guaranteed to improve the acceptance of Linux by CEOs and PHBs, it will surely be...
Linux 3000 Xtreme Professional Plus (codename: BiggerHorn) - based on NT (New Tux) technology.
Maybe 2.6 should have been called LinuxME.
I don't speak Welsh. How will I know?
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