From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 05:43:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 05:43:21 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:12017 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 5 May 2002 05:43:21 -0400 Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 02:43:04 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Alan Cox Cc: Martin Dalecki , Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel Message-ID: <20020505094304.GG2392@matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alan Cox , Martin Dalecki , Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3CD13FF3.5020406@evision-ventures.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 04:17:36PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > Far better sollution then just versioning the kernel release > > The kernel release isnt useful info. Many interfaces are stable across > multiple kernels, many interface issues depend on things other than kernel > version. Lots of people apply patches and don't change the base kernel > version - in fact its hard to do so Changing one line in Makefile is hard? I do that every time I patch my kernels. It lets me track easily what kernels I have installed just by `ls /boot`, and the name shows up in my kernel .deb. :)