From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <greg@kroah.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>,
xiyoulinuxkernelgroup@googlegroups.com,
Tsugikazu Shibata <tshibata@ab.jp.nec.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Update stable address
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 22:57:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201201042257.15631.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F04DFF0.8000006@xenotime.net>
On Wednesday 04 January 2012, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > @@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ versions.
> > If no 2.6.x.y kernel is available, then the highest numbered 2.6.x
> > kernel is the current stable kernel.
> >
> > -2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@kernel.org>, and are
> > -released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately
> > +2.6.x.y are maintained by the "stable" team <stable@vger.kernel.org>, and
> > +are released as needs dictate. The normal release period is approximately
> > two weeks, but it can be longer if there are no pressing problems. A
> > security-related problem, instead, can cause a release to happen almost
> > instantly.
Shouldn't the text get reworded as well to include the 3.x.y stable releases
and rename the 2.6.x.y releases to "longterm" instead of "stable"?
Arnd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-04 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-09 22:12 [PATCH] Documentation: Update stable address Joe Perches
2012-01-04 23:25 ` Randy Dunlap
2012-01-04 22:57 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
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