Ubuntu kernel labeling scheme confuses the hell out of me.

Tue Feb 24 03:14:43 UTC 2009

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner at canonical.com> wrote:
> Eric Appleman wrote:
>> Why isn't 2.6.28-8 labeled as 2.6.28.6-8?
>>
>> - Eric
>>
>
> Because our version numbers encode the number of times the ABI has
> changed since the release tree was created, and _not_ the stable update
> release number (which in and of itself might cause an ABI change).
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMaintenance#ABI

Which is unfortunate and hopefully can change? :)

  Luis