From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdlab.org>
Cc: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Wireless Extension update
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:35:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011009093510.C16176@bougret.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011008191247.B6816@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <3BC3243A.D3B48880@osdlab.org>
In-Reply-To: <3BC3243A.D3B48880@osdlab.org>; from rddunlap@osdlab.org on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:22:18AM -0700
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 09:22:18AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
>
> Hi-
>
> > - * Version : 11 28.3.01
> > + * Version : 12 5.10.01
>
> nitpicking, i'm sure, but:
>
> 5.10.01 could have several meanings, usually depending
> on geographic location etc., and there is an ISO
> standard (8601) which says:
>
> The international standard date notation is
> YYYY-MM-DD
>
> I'd prefer not to be confused by the '>' quoted notation
> above, although I don't mind the dots instead of hyphens.
>
> ~Randy
If it was visible to the user or other part of the kernel, I
would worry. Consider this string as a random arbitrary string (an
opaque data type) that has meaning only to the original developer.
On the other hand, the version (12) is what matters...
C'est la vie, ne se prenons pas trop au serieux... Ho meglio
da fare che di cambiare questa data...
Ciao...
Jean
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-09 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-09 2:12 Jean Tourrilhes
2001-10-09 16:22 ` Randy.Dunlap
2001-10-09 16:35 ` Jean Tourrilhes [this message]
2001-10-14 21:58 ` Riley Williams
2001-10-15 0:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-15 19:26 ` Roeland Th. Jansen
2001-10-15 19:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-10-15 21:02 ` Tobias Ringstrom
2001-10-15 0:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <200110150008.RAA09482@cesium.transmeta.com>
2001-10-15 16:37 ` Jean Tourrilhes
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2001-03-29 2:12 Jean Tourrilhes
2000-12-20 0:59 Jean Tourrilhes
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