From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756509AbaHYTO1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:14:27 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:60481 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751189AbaHYTOZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:14:25 -0400 Message-ID: <1408994058.8997.33.camel@fourier> Subject: Re: [3.8.y.z extended stable] Linux 3.8.13.28 stable review From: Kamal Mostafa To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com, "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:14:18 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20140825170033.GA18021@kroah.com> References: <1408985699-31838-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> <20140825170033.GA18021@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4-0ubuntu1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2014-08-25 at 10:00 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 09:54:46AM -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > > This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.8.13.28 stable kernel. > > > > ** NOTE: This will be the last Linux 3.8.y.z extended stable version > > ** to be released and supported by me and the Ubuntu Kernel team. > > I know this is the last release, but I have gotten some complaints by > people who are confused by the numbering scheme you are using for the > Canonical stable kernel releases. Can you please use the EXTRAVERSION > field with a "-something" tag in it to differenciate from the "normal" > kernel.org stable releases? We'll consider that idea for future extended stable versions maintained by our team. Thanks, -Kamal > A simple "-ubuntu" or "-canonical" or "-fuzzy_bunnies" marking would be > fine, or whatever you want to pick. > > Everyone used to do this a long time ago when we had lots of different > kernel releases / trees floating around in the pre-git days, which made > things much easier to figure out where the trees came from. > > thanks, > > greg k-h >