Torvalds: decisions, decisions, top up sun tan or release Linux 4.1?

Re: One of the rare times on The Register...

Just to satisfy my nerdy curiosity, I tried to sign up to The Register as 'Jake' but it told me that the user name has already been taken. So, either there is a 'Jake', or (more likely) usernames are case insensitive for signup purposes - but not for posting or reference purposes as jake has so definitely indicated. He once corrected me about his name but I accept that names can be regarded as highly personal.

(Yes, I need to get out more.)

Re: 4.1? Should be at least 5.0.

"he'll bump the major version whenever he gets a whim to do so"

Same with a lot of the distros - hence why Slackware went from 3 to 8 overnight.

Re: 4.1? Should be at least 5.0.

Based on those dates, it would be far more accurate to say every 3.5 to 4 years, though I suspect that the sample size is too small to account for the Linus factor

True, and my math was off because I was just about to go to sleep, so brain already in powersave mode.

That said, the pace probably will pick up somewhat. Kernel 2.0 was around the mid 90's, 2.2 came out around 1998~99, 2.4 in 2001 and 2.6 in 2003.

We then jumped to 3.0 in 2011 which was the next major release, and represented a change in the version numbering scheme.

The pace is accelerating, and so while it was longer than what I had calculated earlier, it probably will get here sooner than the last major revision did especially as more resources are poured into the project.