Re: Why no linux-2.6.8.2? (was Re: new dev model)

[alan]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> Why has linux 2.6.8 been abandoned at version 2.6.8.1?
> 
> There exist fixes that could go into 2.6.8.2:
> 
>         process start time doesn't match system time
>         FDDI frame doesn't allow 802.3 hwtype
>         NFS server using XFS filesystem on SMP machine oopses
> 
> I'm sure there are more...
> 
> So why is 2.6.8.1 a "dead branch?"

It was an emergency "paperbag" release number.

All paperbag releases are made from dead branches.


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