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Linux 4.0-rc1 out
Because Kernel changes should never break backwards compatibility, so that would mean the major version number would never change, making it worthless.
And you'd end up with very large numbers for the minor numbers, which Linus seems to dislike.
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And you'd end up with very large numbers for the minor numbers, which Linus seems to dislike.