Re: [PATCH-NEW] README - Explain new 2.6.xx.x bug-fix release numberingscheme

[Chris Friesen]

Daniel Andersen wrote:

> Feel free to comment and suggest changes to it, the whole point is to
> make it readable in a way that normal human beings can make some sense
> out of it. (Read: Your grandmother)

> +   As of kernel 2.6.8 there was a bug-fix release numbering scheme
> +   introduced. In such cases a fourth number is added to the release
> +   version, eg. 2.6.8.1. When patching from a 2.6.xx(.x) release to a
> +   newer version, patches are to be applied against the original
> +   release, eg. 2.6.8 and not the bug-fix release 2.6.8.1. 

Perhaps "When patching from 2.6.x.y to 2.6.x.(y+1), patches are to be applied 
against 2.6.x, not 2.6.x.y."

Chris
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