Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Barry K. Nathan
2005-03-03T09:43:47Z

On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 02:52:21AM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> even/odd means that certain releases (even ones) are more magical than
> others. That's weird, since users aren't used to that sort of thing in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> any other project.

Actually, we are:

Red Hat Linux 7.2: not magical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1: magical
Red Hat Linux 7.3: not magical
Red Hat Linux 8.0: not magical
Red Hat Linux 9: not magical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0: magical
Fedora Core 1: not magical
Fedora Core 2: not magical
Fedora Core 3: not magical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0: magical
Fedora Core 4: not magical
...

Sure, Red Hat changes the name as well as the version number whenever they
make a magical release, but it's really the same concept.

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>