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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22353C433DF for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:51:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8DC32065E for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 19:51:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="E30CCYSK" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728406AbgG1Tvp (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:51:45 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:57420 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728274AbgG1Tvp (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:51:45 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x433.google.com (mail-pf1-x433.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::433]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 316ABC061794 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:51:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x433.google.com with SMTP id m8so4712056pfh.3 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:51:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nmXEvYxKEhE3HxzXZ6MSDqUYl1D9kSkFADdVhsus+ng=; b=E30CCYSK5o4bJEsu5ntKRmTehXscVN65vROUU4rTVzRuDzSL5MjO5++fJOQa6oI1gn RPDrJb5VcEy1gKs8qwbSBRNLj3xzgR75EMStrgqGRt6gYe3pYqZzpCTrA0dxUgGuNgUv HJXou75zogoz+Lu0T1LxvQIjc7hRffsEqXqSxi42d06VOGtJKBBqDEJ7PYA//VeognHD yk55ywopkJ+ZTchf/+ydgJnWmyQUK0/Ukk5CE5ND1R3idImh5dp9cxcKR1lIYQfWZ1gE 1US67xVnyK/6bV2xx0qnkyXLUuVsUVHva/DxNv+PIsn1vr/vDKs8AyKclic+NwLy1/GQ jiGw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nmXEvYxKEhE3HxzXZ6MSDqUYl1D9kSkFADdVhsus+ng=; b=cvVd72PF+veYXD2U5u9dPEPNNokWHxGMe1FA4zoXhFWhQapjizK1ocMcQnO6ObSFgf tADtYeqIDLwjUcPG0OT5ut0UQ5B8tQjy/nVwPJyehxlrWqOI++mhdCCOVDW3z3lERLGs zyeNS8TucWG9kBTawYrIYDtZXg0DGk5miYJx/PLvAS32Fb4yd0072wxhlORCKK1yfa9m 2jX+2KRi5XJqIcPdcsSxAhQhpVJUS7sz/t99lo3hF0t11+i9SVKEVZulZwTPE+92TN9w 4m2TMBaGsO4LI78P/+rERDE5T04ccDhTm1LgwmRZ9EHzDniNDh0/5oC/aTu2OMk23On0 fjug== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532Tf8tjNpOEjkJj/TvHK6w7kXX4ALASNEHkBpNeMHEStQgGkOPs sDIZfA4mgA3J8eOdFqE4aVyj2pQCwnuAzQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxNqB3ECqXomIe6KIX/46bPP+QwPO+Z/NS8HM0JDRrbvPuZtUK98l9NSIfMtAkzXK0R46YVEQ== X-Received: by 2002:a63:5806:: with SMTP id m6mr25992868pgb.362.1595965904452; Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a67sm20342109pfa.81.2020.07.28.12.51.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:51:36 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Or Gerlitz Cc: Linux Netdev List Subject: Re: iproute2 DDMMYY versioning - why? Message-ID: <20200728125136.6c5b46e8@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:05:50 +0300 Or Gerlitz wrote: > Stephen, > > Taking into account that iproute releases are aligned with the kernel > ones -- is there any real reason for the confusing DDMMYY double > versioning? > > I see that even the git tags go after the kernel releases.. > > Or. > It is only an historical leftover, because 15 yrs ago that is how Alexy did it