Re: Linux-2.1.125 ... pre-2.2 imminent
Matthias Andree (mandree@sx1.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE)
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 02:09:48 +0200
On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 11:51:48AM +0200, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > I still haven't decided on whether I'll make the same kind of "pre-2.2"
> > that I did before the 2.0 release, but there are strong psychological
> > reasons to do so to get people to more actively test it out with a "this
> > really should be stable" mindset.
>
> Linus, I personally dislike the pre-xxx stuff.
>
> I'd increase the version to 2.1.900 meaning it's almost finished, if
> it weren't stored in a byte here and there.
>
> So may I propose 2.1.190 ? (which gives us 10 versions before 200,
> which we can silently pass if the need arises.)
No good. It breaks many scripts which rely on the dense, monotonically
increasing patch level. Check /usr/src/linux/scripts/patch-kernel for
one which almost everybody has.
--
Matthias Andree
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