Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

From: Josh Boyer
Date: Wed Mar 02 2005 - 18:21:20 EST


On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 14:21 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It seems like a sensible approach, and it's not like the 2.4.x vs 2.5.x
> kind of even/odd thing didn't _work_, the problems really were an issue of
> too big granularity making it hard for user and developers alike. So I see
> this as a tweak of the "let's drop the notion althogether for now"
> decision, and just modify it to "even/odd is meaningful at all levels".

I like it, but what about important security fixes or mistakes like
2.6.8.1? In those situations, would you release that kernel under the
next even number and skip the odd number? Or would you release the fix
under an odd number and sorta throw off the "meaning"?

I'm not trying to be a pain, I'm really not.

josh

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