On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 11:39:02PM +0800, Yaowei Bai wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 09:59:38AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 10:08:02PM +0800, Yaowei Bai wrote: > > > As we have moved to 4.x, it should be reflected in README. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai <bywxiaobai@xxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > README | 34 +++++++++++++++++----------------- > > > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > > > Remove all references to Linux version numbers (except for the examples) > > in the README so we won't have to update it again for Linux 5.0. > > It sounds great, but i think that would be more easily comprehensible with version > numbers in README, especially for the ones who are not familiar with Linux kernel > very much. Meanwhile, does it make sense for a software without version number > in release file? Personally I don't think the "4.x" numbers add anything to the understanding of the document. And anyway, Linus doesn't update them to 4.0, 4.1, etc per release, so it's not a real release file. > On the other hand, it only need *one* patch to update the version > numbers in README every several years, i.e. about 8 years and 4 years > for 3.x and 4.x, respectively. True, changing this file every 4 years or so isn't a big deal. But Linux doesn't do _big_ changes any more, so whether its "3.x", "4.x", or "x.y", the use cases and release notes are the same. -- Josh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
