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Its seriously just Linus doesn't like counting past 20. We only got 4.20 for the weed meme.

3.19 -> 4.0 and 4.20 -> 5.0 just because.

It probably is simply “just because”. Not the first time Linus feels it, IIRC 3.0 was basically bumped for the same non-reason.

I think there was at least a Google+ poll.

Because 4.20 was a very special release.

Any reason you choose :)

From the OP email:

| So go wild. Make up your own reason for why it's 5.0.

Because 4.22 would unfairly wear down the 2 key.

> even a pointless one

> I ran out of fingers and toes to count on