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Re:Linux 5.0 by badsectoracula on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:11AM (#19301323)
What if you come up with a better algorithm for version 7.28 that is 80% shorter?
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Re:Linux 5.0 by simonh on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:30AM (#19301486)
One of my favourite Apple history anecdotes:

https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor...

With my tongue firmly still in my cheek, I'd say increment the version number by the difference. So if you deduct 5% of the code and add another 15%, then increment the version number by 20%.

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Re:Linux 5.0 by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:20AM (#19301397)
Just use the absolute value. An 80% decrease is a big change just like an 80% increase.

(To be clear: I disagree with the suggestion, I just don't think this is a strong argument against it.)

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