Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

[Willy Tarreau]

100% agree with you, Jeff. That's what I wrote in another mail.
A real -rc should have only a handful of patches. And even more
importantly, the final release MUST be EXACTLY the lastest -rc,
without any new surprize.

Willy

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:16:19PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
 
> The reasons -rcs are not as good as they could be is that they include 
> more than just bug fixes.  Users are discouraged from testing because 
> they must scan LKML, or guess, which -rc that Linus/Andrew started 
> getting serious about "bugfixes only."
> 
> With the -pre/-rc scheme, it's clear to users.
> 
> With the even/odd scheme, you just devalue releases.  Previously, all 
> releases were worthy of testing and use.  Now, half of them aren't.
> 
> 	Jeff
> 
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