Re: Should SUBLEVEL be removed for 3.x ?

[Jesper Juhl]

Linus: ping?

Would be nice to get this clarified before 3.0 happens :-)


On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Hi
> 
> If the plan is that the new kernel is going to be 3.0 (3.x) and the 
> -stable kernels then get to tack on a third digit with EXTRAVERSION, then 
> it seems to me that the main Makefile should get rid of SUBLEVEL - or?
> 
> Or is the plan to ditch EXTRAVERSION for -stable kernels and have them use 
> SUBLEVEL instead?
> 
> There are a few scripts that need fixing if SUBLEVEL goes the way of the 
> Dodo, but I didn't want to start fixing those without a clear indication 
> of whether or not SUBLEVEL is going to/should die.
> 
> So what's going to happen to SUBLEVEL/EXTRAVERSION?
> 
> 

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