2.6.26 kernel and Russian writers 02 October 2008 @ 07:04 pm
Kir Kolyshkin
k001
[openvz]		We are going to release first 2.6.26-based kernel soon -- it went to testing today and hopefully will be released next week.

We are also changing the versioning scheme -- instead of boring numbers like 001, 002, 003 etc., every 2.6.26 OpenVZ kernel will be named after one or another great Russian writer. We will do it in alphabetical order so there will be no upgrade pain.

As you can see here, first 2.6.26 is named after Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov. I personally enjoy his The Master and Margarita (it's truly a masterpiece; although I'm afraid a lot is lost in translation) and Heart of a Dog.

And yes, we are doing that just for fun.
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(Anonymous) on October 2nd, 2008 - 04:14 pm
Михаил
Very good. Excuse my ignorance, but how starting with Михаил is "in alphabetical order"? :)
Kir Kolyshkin[info]k001 on October 2nd, 2008 - 04:47 pm
Re: Михаил
First, we use latin letters, not cyrillic.

Second, this kernel version is «bulgakov», not «mikhail». It starts with a letter «b». Next one will start with «c» or «d» or «e»…you know the alphabet.
(Anonymous) on October 2nd, 2008 - 04:50 pm
Re: Михаил
Um, if you're going to skip letters, what's the point?
Kir Kolyshkin[info]k001 on October 2nd, 2008 - 05:04 pm
Re: Михаил
The point is «a» is less than «b» is less than «c» is less than «d» is less than «e»… Even if you skip some letters, the inequality is still valid, means you can upgrade from «bulgakov» to, say, «tolstoy».
viliar[info]viliar on October 2nd, 2008 - 08:40 pm
Re: Михаил
Looks like a joke ;-)
[info]maxim_shilov on October 2nd, 2008 - 06:06 pm
nice!
but why did you skip "a"? Akhmatova, Aksenov.

btw, Arshavin !:)
arthin[info]arthin on November 7th, 2008 - 12:35 pm
In writers code table - Bulgakov is the first symbol, no doubt.
But it is interesting, who is second...
(Anonymous) on October 29th, 2008 - 03:46 pm
Hello,

what is the current state of 2.6.26? Can you tell something about release date of RC1?

Thank you.