Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

[Jeff Garzik]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > IMO too confusing.
>
>
> 2.6.even: bugfixes only
> 2.6.odd: bugfixes and features.
>
> That doesn't even confuse me!
>
>
> > Developers right now are sitting on big piles, and pushing that back 
> > even further means every odd release means you are creating a 
> > 2.4.x/2.5.x backport situation every two releases.
>
>
> No, there is no backporting.  If you have a bug, fix it in 2.6.12-pre. 
> There is no need to maintain that bugfix in your 2.6.13-candidate tree.

You are missing where the backporting is.

If the time between big merges increases, as with this proposal, then 
the distance between local dev trees and linux-2.6 increases.

With that distance, breakages like the 64-bit resource struct stuff 
become more painful.

I like my own "ongoing dev tree, ongoing stable tree" proposal a lot 
better.  But then, I'm biased :)

	Jeff


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