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,URIBL_BLOCKED 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 3CEF6C433DF for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:21:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 147D22245C for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:21:21 +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="x24YeAgX" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728227AbgGaPVU (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:21:20 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58608 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726845AbgGaPVT (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:21:19 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x434.google.com (mail-pf1-x434.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::434]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6DB8C061574 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:21:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pf1-x434.google.com with SMTP id u185so14657324pfu.1 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:21:19 -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=r9yUJWr+DsoZe8/HsJVl2DgFZEJMVyDiAZSAi5qw7Q4=; b=x24YeAgXZyFfRagzRE8sgdp14WUQvDy2i8CViv6VuYVn6t1qDPcby4xKda5owagGgv /S68RsQ9kn6e04WYGeGlycMO6JOZgz02Z+2k4+DrvgZul3nRlLWvDH89DboHMbySkIZl nfvxdDZ5Mi9ScTVDAudT6AGKz9v8/ePsyp5XOoSDH/vkfEw5XC05hLcyZA4/pkm5wa85 98wm4GbofLxp88u1RRH/esHkJbKvezS+gZzak1kePCyvK9K4IoeXSPwra+ZPXaHXz0I8 IGgox0IsTvjRXa5Ya6GxiWon1rhiIFbvhquVatdMyfQir4Z9+51pLsOcRjp2ouvCxF0y ROIw== 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=r9yUJWr+DsoZe8/HsJVl2DgFZEJMVyDiAZSAi5qw7Q4=; b=N/j6hYgu9FUDlh7MKVIIsSErBzyZXvbEwjLWbWQRGbg6/NBYl1Zxvq+AaPhv77ziOX ZMhxLS/5noayNzuHSt7rbA+dM9q4DtwF+cHxD8cbch0TtfDXXxsj2xg78GvsgfbbBbAp pObiAbwBMfs18Z3O5a27pV3R+Hda/fmTeIs3HrtbwIAgHNWBXRcIVKPuV1/1GLDICIAY l146azz9mWP6SUSnE04GjtQXtrsICGxrPzCJIJlFJiSwdTotzaDjs/jF++M+5obCdT3s 0BqJE1EPGQIECyHrPVbTJXm66D90733Vpr8AeCMwj2N4Cs5Xa9uYe4C/kaCM9lAmXaAv h78g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531DZoi90Bzs2yTN5/6+PHoM2saooPRB+ft+QQntfjVMudw6o8Ac 9r6Ii1dc85gpA1AOSkE/vKPwuA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwSZUW9rknLyqqpsNbxPpm7eFHjBbI4whzc2jGTNx+4VFGIwE7k4LJmmpcWf14vCpr0/Vxoyg== X-Received: by 2002:aa7:9613:: with SMTP id q19mr4373614pfg.9.1596208879316; Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:21:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.lan (204-195-22-127.wavecable.com. [204.195.22.127]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id gb20sm1203017pjb.29.2020.07.31.08.21.18 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:21:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:21:15 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Or Gerlitz Cc: Linux Netdev List Subject: Re: iproute2 DDMMYY versioning - why? Message-ID: <20200731082115.5f96a249@hermes.lan> In-Reply-To: References: <20200728125136.6c5b46e8@hermes.lan> 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 Fri, 31 Jul 2020 16:23:06 +0300 Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:51 PM Stephen Hemminger > wrote: > > > It is only an historical leftover, because 15 yrs ago that is how Alexy did it > > So how about putting behind the burden created by this historical leftover > and moving to use the kernel releases as the emitted version? The only downside to kernel versioning is the distros will think "can't use v5.10 because our kernel is still v4.3" and then want LTS versions of iproute2 which would create significant resource efforts. Open to changing to kernel versions, it would be trivial to do. The tagging and releases are by kernel version. The SNAPSHOT.h is autogenerated by a script, that can be changed.