https://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges?rev1=371

letientai299 · on March 4, 2019

From the above link (emphasize is mine)

> This release increases the major version number to 5. This change does not mean anything and does not affect programs in any way, it just makes Linus happy.

Oh...

earenndil · on March 4, 2019

I want linus to be happy! Don't you?

nizmow · on March 4, 2019

Gotta bump it sometime, although the fact that the major version is now fairly arbitrary gives some credibility to what I like to call the "Chrome" versioning scheme. Next release, Linux 6, 7, 8, etc.

EDIT: I mean, at this point I guess you'd say it's just basically SemVer.

yjftsjthsd-h · on March 4, 2019

> EDIT: I mean, at this point I guess you'd say it's just basically SemVer.

No, it specifically is not semver or indeed anything else meaningful.

captn3m0 · on March 4, 2019

Link gives a 403

qubex · on March 4, 2019

That's correct... they moved forward 398 major releases since the this article was released.

muterad_murilax · on March 4, 2019

Archived link: http://archive.is/u325V

jeltz · on March 4, 2019

It seems to have been fixed now.