On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Yaro Kasear <yaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:20:46 Bernardo Barros wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> There are rumors that the next version number of the Linux Kernel is >> going to be 3.0. >> Since we choosed 'kernel26' as the package name, we will have to >> modify it anyway. >> Why not just 'linux 3.0'? Just an idea.. since we have the fellow >> project 'Arch Hurd' providing 'hurd' as an alternative different >> kernel already. >> >> Best, >> Bernardo > > What rumors are these? A quick Google search shows nothing of the sort aside > from idle speculation from years ago. Check lkml.org. Aside from that (and I realise that this is contrary to the spirit of bikshedding): I agree with Thomas (if eventually the kernel package changes names, and regardless of what it changes to, the new name should not contain a version number). -t
