Hi Linus, Andrew, On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:25:34 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 15:21:51 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Actually, how about just removing the incrementing version count entirely? > > I use it pretty commonly to answer the question "did I remember to install > that new kernel I just built before I rebooted"? By comparing `uname -a' > with $TOPDIR/.version.
This will no longer work with the current state of things, as $TOPDIR/.version keeps increasing. > > (...) We have more useful _real_ versioning these days, with git commit > > ID's etc. These are completely different types of IDs. The .version number is a local build ID and changes when one applies a local patch, or simply changes a config option, and recompiles his/her kernel. The git ID of course doesn't. >From the other comments in this thread, it looks like the build ID is something many people are interested in, so we can't just drop it. -- Jean Delvare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
