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This kind of comment just show ignorance. The kernel has been around for a few decades while semver has been around for what, 3 years now?

Maybe it will adopt semver at some stage. I doubt it because the API is way too complex and broad to be covered in simple x.x.x notation, think of driver updates on vendors.

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This is not a fair statement. I didn't say the kernel should have been using semver 20 years ago, I said they should use it now. It exists now; it's good.

The kernel has been around for a few decades while semver has been around for what, 3 years now?

That's irrelevant.

I doubt it because the API is way too complex and broad to be covered in simple x.x.x notation

They don't use that notation now?

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