* version number of Linux kernel development @ 2017-08-01 4:35 ` Yubin Ruan 2017-08-01 10:06 ` Kamil Konieczny 2017-08-01 12:19 ` Kamil Konieczny 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Yubin Ruan @ 2017-08-01 4:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies Hi, I got a question regarding to Linux's version number. According to some talk from Greg KH, there would be an accompanying stable release along with every -rc release, that is, something like this: 4.2.0 | \ 4.3.1-rc 4.2.1 | | 4.3.2-rc 4.2.2 | | 4.3.3-rc 4.2.3 | | 4.3.4-rc 4.2.4 | | 4.3.5-rc 4.2.5 | | 4.3.6-rc 4.2.6 | | 4.3.7-rc 4.2.7 <- this branch is thrown away after 4.4.0 is released | 4.4.0 So, in this example, 4.2.7 would be thrown away after 4.4.0 is released. Is this the same for every major release? I see a series of 4.4.x release, ranging from 4.4.1 ~ 4.4.49,@ http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source which really confused me. Accoding to the model above, there should be only 4.4.7. After that, it would 4.5.x. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks, Yubin ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* version number of Linux kernel development 2017-08-01 4:35 ` version number of Linux kernel development Yubin Ruan @ 2017-08-01 10:06 ` Kamil Konieczny 2017-08-01 12:19 ` Kamil Konieczny 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Kamil Konieczny @ 2017-08-01 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies On 01.08.2017 06:35, Yubin Ruan wrote: > Hi, > I got a question regarding to Linux's version number. [...] > So, in this example, 4.2.7 would be thrown away after 4.4.0 is released. Is > this the same for every major release? > > I see a series of 4.4.x release, ranging from 4.4.1 ~ 4.4.49, at > http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/latest/source > which really confused me. Accoding to the model above, there should be only > 4.4.7. After that, it would 4.5.x. Look at https://www.kernel.org/ there are "longterm" branches, they are developed until EOL (end-of-life) for example, there is now 4.4.79 branch as i see this, some branches are selected to be "longterm", and they get the same set patches -- Best regards, Kamil Konieczny Samsung R&D Institute Poland ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* version number of Linux kernel development 2017-08-01 4:35 ` version number of Linux kernel development Yubin Ruan 2017-08-01 10:06 ` Kamil Konieczny @ 2017-08-01 12:19 ` Kamil Konieczny 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Kamil Konieczny @ 2017-08-01 12:19 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kernelnewbies Hi, On 01.08.2017 06:35, Yubin Ruan wrote: > Hi, > [...] > > So, in this example, 4.2.7 would be thrown away after 4.4.0 is released. Is > this the same for every major release? [...] see also https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html -- Best regards, Kamil Konieczny Samsung R&D Institute Poland ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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