Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Jens Axboe
2005-03-03T17:07:19Z

On Thu, Mar 03 2005, Chris Wright wrote:
> > - Finally: this tree never has any history past the "last release". When
> > a new kernel comes, the tree is frozen, and never to be touched again.
>
> I like this definition. The only remaining question is what determines
> a 2.6.x.y release? One patch? Sure if it's critical enough.

Why should there be one? One of the things I like about this concept is
that it's just a moving tree. There could be daily snapshots like the
-bkX "releases" of Linus's tree, if there are changes from the day
before. It means (hopefully) that no one will "wait for x.y.z.2 because
that is really stable".

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Jens Axboe