Torvalds Polls Desire for Linux's Next Major Version Bump

jones_supa writes: Linus Torvalds made this post about Linux version numbering: "So, I made noises some time ago about how I don't want another 2.6.39 where the numbers are big enough that you can't really distinguish them. We're slowly getting up there again, with 3.20 being imminent, and I'm once more close to running out of fingers and toes. I was making noises about just moving to 4.0 some time ago. But let's see what people think. So — continue with v3.20, because bigger numbers are sexy, or just move to v4.0 and reset the numbers to something smaller?" To voice your opinion, the Google+ post allows you to discuss the matter and cast a vote in a poll.

Comments

Re:Major Version == Major Changes

[OzPeter]

I thought the point of a major version (not necessarily in the Linux kernel, but software generally), was to signal a major change

Look at the choices in the poll itself:

1. I like big versions, and I cannot lie
2. v4.0 'cause I get confused easily

The poll is such a joke that for a moment I thought it was meant for April fools day.