Re: Release Policy [was: Linux 2.4.16 ]

From: Flavio Stanchina (flavio.stanchina@tin.it)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 14:28:29 EST


On Monday 26 November 2001 20:06, Jonathan Lundell wrote:

> >Agreed. I stick with the -rc naming convention for 2.4+...
> A quibble: "release" seems an odd word to choose for a Linux kernel.
> Since we're calling the target kernel "final", how about -fc1,
> -fc2...?

Sounds a bit too much like the f-word.

"rc" is the universally recognized name for such things (heck, even
Microsoft) so I'd stick with it.

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Ciao,
    Flavio Stanchina
    Trento - Italy

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