From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268424AbUHNLTk (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:19:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268436AbUHNLTk (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:19:40 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:58022 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268426AbUHNLTZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:19:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3 From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Willy Tarreau , Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Matthew Wilcox In-Reply-To: References: <20040814101039.GA27163@alpha.home.local> <20040814115548.A19527@infradead.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-UPLOKOT4yGfemaCDMqKQ" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1092482311.9028.4.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:18:32 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-UPLOKOT4yGfemaCDMqKQ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 13:05, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >=20 > > Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts expectin= g > > three-digit kernel versions? >=20 > Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this= =20 > as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?=20 > Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it=20 > some time. well... I'll volunteer to keep a 2.6.X-postY series.. this fix could be part of that. For me the -post series should be * Only patches that are in later head kernels (maybe lightly touched to resolve patch conflicts) * Only patches that fix something critical/important (where critical is of course a gray area but I'm sure a decent balance will be found) --=-UPLOKOT4yGfemaCDMqKQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBHfUHxULwo51rQBIRAuyLAJ4uaMK3R53XAklObvoBslGJLfN2/ACgh22R /jV1axxsBOVQI+jl7J2NXF8= =dO4+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-UPLOKOT4yGfemaCDMqKQ--