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 BF631C25B06 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:22:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231292AbiHNPWd (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:22:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59920 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231136AbiHNPWa (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Aug 2022 11:22:30 -0400 Received: from mailbox.box.xen0n.name (mail.xen0n.name [115.28.160.31]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3DC65E4; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 08:22:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=xen0n.name; s=mail; t=1660490541; bh=5yiku09NgtJhz8C8AAOMeXdl/tTwjzjyBlCJ4pl0Sm4=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=H254bgyaRTEaidBt878YsbVLpkRm0S/3/dv9AHeMBTw9tG5dsi2GdDTxU0Z4yREy/ q0HQ1aBO9yNBTEROefNFp3Sjaf5nb0PZwpRhKP4aJsjKvDYGH8tVMkTCpJCuHXshSe +4qKFDkbm96i9YvlZsK78V7NsRfhPqYgIsWSWHYg= Received: from [192.168.9.172] (unknown [101.88.24.16]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mailbox.box.xen0n.name (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D65926061B; Sun, 14 Aug 2022 23:22:20 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 23:22:19 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/105.0a1 Subject: Re: [RESEND] Please consider name next Linux release "I love Linux" (Re: Linux 5.19) To: Baoquan He , Zhang Boyang Cc: Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, song@kernel.org, wei.liu@kernel.org, jszhang@kernel.org, chenhuacai@kernel.org, guoren@kernel.org, xiang@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, ming.lei@redhat.com, longman@redhat.com, wqu@suse.com, yhs@fb.com, haoluo@google.com, decui@microsoft.com, siyanteng@loongson.cn, dyoung@redhat.com References: <61d77412-af1a-5b00-9754-f156b1c63a74@gmail.com> <20220812023950.GF373960@MiWiFi-R3L-srv> Content-Language: en-US From: WANG Xuerui In-Reply-To: <20220812023950.GF373960@MiWiFi-R3L-srv> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 8/12/22 10:39, 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. Woah. This is some of the larger-scale "cultural export" I've ever seen, and probably the first time on LKML. I'd remember the few dry laughs when I tried to explain the "Superb Owl" meme to my teammates, unfamiliar with (US) English memes in general, so I could even sympathize with those of you not knowing Chinese Internet memes... One thing is for sure, if the next Linux version is to be kept 5.20 and codenamed "Linux I love you" or something like that, it would certainly make headlines on Chinese tech news sites for a while, more specifically both after rc1 and the final release; but anyway, as Baoquan already pointed out, our collective love for Linux and the open-source ideals behind the whole thing is not going anywhere, no matter what the Makefile says. (You may find it useful to make your partner happy using the 520/521 meme too, if applicable; but from my own experience, better not bring up Linux if your partner is not interested in that topic!) (And, pun semi-intended for that "bringing up". ;-) -- WANG "xen0n" Xuerui Linux/LoongArch mailing list: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/