How did we get to 2.6.10?

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XST1 · Post by **XST1** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:54 pm

How did I go from emerging (gentoo-dev-sources) kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r12 on one computer, to then somehow emerging kernel 2.6.10-gentoo-r4 on another? Did we go down a kernel version?

DrWoland · Post by **DrWoland** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:56 pm

Did you emerge --sync?

nightfrost · Post by **nightfrost** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:25 pm

2.6.10 is a step up

XST1 · Post by **XST1** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:27 pm

DrWoland wrote:Did you emerge --sync?

No I emerged right, I just mean't how did we get from 2.6.9 to 2.6.1... Sounds odd, its like going from KDE 3.3 to KDE 3.1.

gmichels · Post by **gmichels** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:29 pm

which number comes after 9?

fefeh · Post by **fefeh** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:08 pm

XST1 wrote:
DrWoland wrote:Did you emerge --sync?
No I emerged right, I just mean't how did we get from 2.6.9 to 2.6.1... Sounds odd, its like going from KDE 3.3 to KDE 3.1.

No, it's like going from KDE 3.3 to KDE 3.4

2.6.9 < 2.6.10

DrWoland · Post by **DrWoland** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:47 pm

Whoa, I didn't even read the post carefully... 2.6.9->2.6.10 makes perfect sense, bro

Frodg · Post by **Frodg** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:51 pm

it is a 10 not a 1

not 2.6.1 but 2.6.10

screwloose · Post by **screwloose** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:08 pm

Welcome to the world of software versioning; where decimals don't necessarily mean what you think they do.

XST1 · Post by **XST1** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:13 am

correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt it make much much more sense to say the following:

2.6.09
instead of 2.6.9

because those two numbers are very different.

2.6.9 is much greater than 2.6.1
HOWEVER
2.6.09 is comes before 2.6.1

thats whats confusing the hell out of me.

Earthwings · Post by **Earthwings** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:17 am

XST1 wrote:correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt it make much much more sense to say the following:

2.6.09
instead of 2.6.9

because those two numbers are very different.

Wouldn't make much sense cause the next problem would be 2.6.99 -> 2.6.100 (and don't tell me now it won't reach that number!).

Edit: Just think of comparing version numbers, not version strings.

malone · Post by **malone** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:12 am

XST1 wrote:correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt it make much much more sense to say the following:

2.6.09
instead of 2.6.9

because those two numbers are very different.

2.6.9 is much greater than 2.6.1
HOWEVER
2.6.09 is comes before 2.6.1

thats whats confusing the hell out of me.

err, 2.6.9 isn't a number.

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:09 am

malone wrote:...err, 2.6.9 isn't a number.

You just type my thoughts

bet1m · Post by **bet1m** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:14 am

www.kernel.org

r3pek · Post by **r3pek** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:19 am

malone wrote:
XST1 wrote:correct me if im wrong, but wouldnt it make much much more sense to say the following:

2.6.09
instead of 2.6.9

because those two numbers are very different.

2.6.9 is much greater than 2.6.1
HOWEVER
2.6.09 is comes before 2.6.1

thats whats confusing the hell out of me.
err, 2.6.9 isn't a number.

then don't think of version numbers.... but on subversion numbers

nevynxxx · Post by **nevynxxx** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:10 am

The problem is you are looking at a dot seperated string of numbers, and thinking it is 1 number.

It is actually three seperate numbers, each supposed to represent something different.

Usually the first number is the major version (changed when a massive user visible feature changes or an API/ABI changes, or a not backward compatible change) the second is the minor version number, (for other changes, usually user visible, that are backward compatible) and the third is for bugfixes.

The kernel doesn't work quite like this anymore, but you wouold have to look at the LKML archive for the massive rants about how it got to how it is.

ryceck · Post by **ryceck** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:23 pm

Why dont peopel read what it says...?

two <dot> six <dot> nine
two <dot> six <dot> ten

nine < ten

So.....: its an upgrade mate