Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Chris Friesen
2005-03-09T15:56:06Z

szonyi calin wrote:

> Let me tell you what i understood from this thread:
> 2.6.12 "almost stable"
> 2.6.13 devel (new drivers,fixes and stuff -- may be broken)
> 2.6.14 (based on 2.6.13) tries to became stable again
> 2.6.15 also devel (see above)
> 2.6.16 (based on 2.6.15) also tries to became stable again
>
> So we will _want_ to have a stable kernel (like 2.4 now) but
> this will never happen (see above)

No. Linus' proposal was shouted down.

What is happening is that Linus will continue to release 2.6.x as usual,
with no even/odd stuff.

Then a review committee will maintain 2.6.x.y (where y starts at 1 and
increments). This will contain obvious fixes against 2.6.x. When Linus
comes out with 2.6.x+1, then they will start a new stable tree 2.6.x+1.y.

Please see the thread entitled "[RFC] -stable, how it's going to work.",
started by Greg KH for more information on the "stable" release process.

Chris