Re: Linux 3.0-rc1

Américo Wang
2011-05-30T02:29:07Z

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Oh, and as some people already noticed, the numbering means that the
> tar-balls and patches are now in a new directory:
>
>    /pub/linux/kernel/v3.0
>
> (under "testing/", since that's what we do with -rc releases).
> However, I did *not* rename the git tree, because that would just be a
> huge inconvenience to git users, so it's still in the same old place
> and yes, that means that my git tree is still called "linux-2.6.git"
> on kernel.org. But it has the v3.0-rc1 tag in it.
>
> I'll probably add a symlink or something, if people really hate being
> reminded about our long history with the "2.6" numbering. But that
> won't be until closer to the real release, methinks.
>

You are not alone, Linus, David also has net-2.6 and net-next-2.6. :)

Thanks for the release!

(/me is looking forward to seeing you in Japan...)