Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

[Andrew Morton]

Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So what was broken with the 2.6.8.1 type of 'hotfix kernel' release ?

That's an alternative, of course.

But that _is_ a branch, and does need active forward- and (mainly)
backward-porting work.

There's nothing wrong with it per-se, but it becomes a "stabilised version
of the kernel.org tree" or even a "production version of the kernel.org
tree".  In other words it's somewhere on the line between the mainline
kernel.org tree and a distribution.  How far along that line should it
be positioned?
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