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2.6.26 kernel and Russian writers

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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( 8 comments — Leave a comment )
(Anonymous)
Oct. 2nd, 2008 04:14 pm (UTC)
Михаил
Very good. Excuse my ignorance, but how starting with Михаил is "in alphabetical order"? :)
k001
Oct. 2nd, 2008 04:47 pm (UTC)
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)
Oct. 2nd, 2008 04:50 pm (UTC)
Re: Михаил
Um, if you're going to skip letters, what's the point?
k001
Oct. 2nd, 2008 05:04 pm (UTC)
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
Oct. 2nd, 2008 08:40 pm (UTC)
Re: Михаил
Looks like a joke ;-)
maxim_shilov
Oct. 2nd, 2008 06:06 pm (UTC)
nice!
but why did you skip "a"? Akhmatova, Aksenov.

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

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

Thank you.
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