From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2B7BC25B0F for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S237355AbiHLIXR (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:23:17 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34988 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230033AbiHLIXP (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2022 04:23:15 -0400 Received: from loongson.cn (mail.loongson.cn [114.242.206.163]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261D09BB76; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 01:23:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.100.8] (unknown [112.20.110.237]) by mail.loongson.cn (Coremail) with SMTP id AQAAf9DxQM_dDfZiDhcPAA--.40391S3; Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:22:54 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <27095658-32a8-8012-c533-0b000a3fead3@loongson.cn> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:22:53 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.12.0 Subject: Re: [RESEND] Please consider name next Linux release "I love Linux" (Re: Linux 5.19) To: Gao Xiang , Huacai Chen , Baoquan He , Zhang Boyang Cc: Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-next , song@kernel.org, wei.liu@kernel.org, jszhang@kernel.org, Guo Ren , xiang@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, ming.lei@redhat.com, Waiman Long , wqu@suse.com, yhs@fb.com, haoluo@google.com, decui@microsoft.com, Dave Young References: <61d77412-af1a-5b00-9754-f156b1c63a74@gmail.com> <20220812023950.GF373960@MiWiFi-R3L-srv> From: YanTeng Si In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CM-TRANSID: AQAAf9DxQM_dDfZiDhcPAA--.40391S3 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1UD129KBjvJXoWxCFWxJF13Kw13GFyxuw1rJFb_yoW5ur1DpF W7Z3WUKF48Jw1vy3Wvyw1jqF4Fk3yfGr45Xrn8WryDAr1q9r1ft3sFg3yY9as8urn5KFy0 va1UWr93ZF15Ca7anT9S1TB71UUUUUUqnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDU0xBIdaVrnRJUUU9lb7Iv0xC_Kw4lb4IE77IF4wAFF20E14v26ryj6rWUM7CY07I2 0VC2zVCF04k26cxKx2IYs7xG6rWj6s0DM7CIcVAFz4kK6r1j6r18M28lY4IEw2IIxxk0rw A2F7IY1VAKz4vEj48ve4kI8wA2z4x0Y4vE2Ix0cI8IcVAFwI0_Ar0_tr1l84ACjcxK6xII jxv20xvEc7CjxVAFwI0_Gr1j6F4UJwA2z4x0Y4vEx4A2jsIE14v26rxl6s0DM28EF7xvwV C2z280aVCY1x0267AKxVW0oVCq3wAS0I0E0xvYzxvE52x082IY62kv0487Mc02F40EFcxC 0VAKzVAqx4xG6I80ewAv7VC0I7IYx2IY67AKxVWUJVWUGwAv7VC2z280aVAFwI0_Jr0_Gr 1lOx8S6xCaFVCjc4AY6r1j6r4UM4x0Y48IcVAKI48JM4IIrI8v6xkF7I0E8cxan2IY04v7 Mxk0xIA0c2IEe2xFo4CEbIxvr21lc2xSY4AK67AK6r43MxAIw28IcxkI7VAKI48JMxC20s 026xCaFVCjc4AY6r1j6r4UMI8I3I0E5I8CrVAFwI0_Jr0_Jr4lx2IqxVCjr7xvwVAFwI0_ JrI_JrWlx4CE17CEb7AF67AKxVW8ZVWrXwCIc40Y0x0EwIxGrwCI42IY6xIIjxv20xvE14 v26r1j6r1xMIIF0xvE2Ix0cI8IcVCY1x0267AKxVW8JVWxJwCI42IY6xAIw20EY4v20xva j40_WFyUJVCq3wCI42IY6I8E87Iv67AKxVWUJVW8JwCI42IY6I8E87Iv6xkF7I0E14v26r 4j6r4UJbIYCTnIWIevJa73UjIFyTuYvjxUgEfODUUUU X-CM-SenderInfo: pvl1t0pwhqwqxorr0wxvrqhubq/ Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 在 2022/8/12 14:31, Gao Xiang 写道: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 11:28:12AM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: >> Hi, all, >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:40 AM Baoquan He wrote: >>> Hi Boyang, >>> >>> On 08/11/22 at 10:02pm, Zhang Boyang wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On 2022/8/1 05:43, Linus Torvalds wrote: >>>>> (*) I'll likely call it 6.0 since I'm starting to worry about getting >>>>> confused by big numbers again. >>>> Could you please consider name the next Linux release (5.20 or 6.0) "I love >>>> linux" ? The number "5.20" is a wordplay in Chinese, which means "I love >>>> you" [1], thus "Linux 5.20" can be read as "I love Linux" in Chinese. >>>> >>>> Even if next kernel version is 6.0, I think it's probably a good idea for >>>> both Chinese-speakers and non-Chinese speakers to express our love to Linux >>>> Kernel. >>> Interesting idea, LOL. >>> >>> Yes, 520 means 'I love you' in chinese since it has the similar pronunciation >>> with '我爱你'. I even don't remember since when May 20th becomes another >>> holiday similar to Valentine's day in China. While I have complicated feeling >>> about 520. It means on each May 20th, I also need prepare gift for my wife. I >>> am not a romantic person, preparing gift to lover is always a torture to me. >>> So almost each May 20th day, Valentine's day, double seventh festival which is >>> a traditional Valentine's day, I will become nervous, and it ends up >>> with a satisfactory gift, or a bunch of flower and a digital red envelope with >>> 520￥ and then complainment and blame in next two weeks. >>> >>> So, for naming next release as '5.20', I will vote for it w/o hesitance. No need >>> to prepare gift, and can express our love to Linux kernel, it sounds >>> awesome. >>> >>> Meanwhile, I would remind people to take it easy. Whether the suggestion >>> is accepted or not, it doesn't impact the fact that linux may have >>> become part of our life, not just our work, considering many kernel developers >>> are workoing form home. But if you have boasted to your girlfriend >>> or wife, and want to take this as a gift to her, you should try harder to >>> convince Linus. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Baoquan >> Frankly, I agree with Boyang and Baoquan. :) > +1, I'm fine with either approach. If there is a 5.20 version, that is > fine. > > The traditional Valentine's day of China is `Qixi Festival` which is the seventh > day of the seventh lunisolar month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar [1]. > > There are also other somewhat special days in China such as `Programmer day` > (Oct, 24 each year), yet I'm not sure if anyone out of China heard of it. > > Personally I think 521 (yi vs ni) sounds more similar to "我爱你" in Mandarin > Chinese and who knows how many special days for couples -- since I'm single. ;) > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qixi_Festival How romantic! I agree to all the abrove. Thanks, Yanteng > > Thanks, > Gao Xiang > >> Huacai >>>> The name of Linux kernel release has a long history of play-on-words [2]. >>>> For example, 5.15 is named "Trick or Treat" and 5.17 is named "Superb Owl". >>>> >>>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Internet_slang >>>> >>>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history >>>> >>>> Thanks and regards, >>>> Zhang Boyang >>>>