Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner

Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner

[Justin Piszcz]

Hello,

Recently I see http://www.kernel.org/ now shows 3.1 as the latest
mainline kernel version (it was 3.1-rcX) a few days ago if I recall
even though 3.1 was released last month.
However, as stated on the homepage, for those who use this in scripts
and such, the latest version is still 3.1-rc4:

Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use finger.kernel.org for any sort of
automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
same information is available from
http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner.

http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner shows:
The latest linux-next version of the Linux kernel is:         next-20110831
The latest linux-next version of the Linux kernel is:         next-20110831
The latest snapshot 3 version of the Linux kernel is:         3.1-rc4-git2
The latest mainline 3 version of the Linux kernel is:         3.1-rc4
The latest stable 3.0 version of the Linux kernel is:         3.0.4
The latest stable 2.6.39 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.39.4
The latest stable 2.6.38 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.38.8
The latest stable 2.6.37 version of the Linux kernel is:      2.6.37.6
The latest longterm 2.6.35 version of the Linux kernel is:    2.6.35.14
The latest longterm 2.6.34 version of the Linux kernel is:    2.6.34.10
The latest longterm 2.6.33 version of the Linux kernel is:    2.6.33.19
The latest longterm 2.6.32 version of the Linux kernel is:    2.6.32.46
The latest longterm 2.6.27 version of the Linux kernel is:    2.6.27.59

Should one use the homepage / finger_banner or write a script to
monitor the FTP directory to check for the latest version/s?

Justin.

Re: Kernel version not updated on http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner

[Alexander Holler]

Am 07.11.2011 15:44, schrieb Justin Piszcz:
> Hello,
>
> Recently I see http://www.kernel.org/ now shows 3.1 as the latest
> mainline kernel version (it was 3.1-rcX) a few days ago if I recall
> even though 3.1 was released last month.
> However, as stated on the homepage, for those who use this in scripts
> and such, the latest version is still 3.1-rc4:
>
> Aug 21, 2003: Please don't use finger.kernel.org for any sort of
> automatic monitoring. The number of automatic bots hitting this port
> is causing the finger daemon to shut down more often than not. The
> same information is available from
> http://www.kernel.org/kdist/finger_banner.

Just a reply as reminder for the admins. ;)

I've used that (currently broken) finger_banner too to check the latest 
version.

Regards,

Alexander