[H-GEN] kernel version numbers

[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Robert Kearey <mammal at optushome.com.au> writes:

> Stephen Connor wrote:
> > or did this numbering system start after 2.0.
> Affirmative.

Are you sure?  I thought it started earlier---I remember Robert
explaining it to me back in 1994, well before 2.0 which came out in
1996 according to the files on ftp.kernel.org.

I'm sure Robert or Mark can answer this definitively.
-- 
``I didn't program you for sarcasm.''

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