‘We have a new major number purely because I’m easily confused and not good with big numbers’ says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0

via lkml.org

Short excerpt below. Read at the original source.

I’ve never been particularly number-inclined, and apparently I’m in good company, as Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds has a similar issue. In a post announcing Linux 7.0 rc1, Torvalds is quick to point out that the major number release version doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the most exciting version of the Linux kernel yet. “We have […]

Read at Source