Re: Linux v2.6.8 - Oops on NFSv3

Matt Mackall
2004-08-14T17:20:37Z

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 04:05:56AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >
> > Cane we make this 2.6.9 to avoid breaking all kinds of scripts expecting
> > three-digit kernel versions?
>
> Well, we've been discussing the 2.6.x.y format for a while, so I see this
> as an opportunity to actually do it... Will it break automated scripts?
> Maybe. But on the other hand, we'll never even find out unless we try it
> some time.

We might avoid some of this (and communicate more to end users) by
using the 2.4 -pre and -rc nomenclature, where a release is made by
renaming an -rc kernel. As it stands, the current 2.6 "release
candidate" naming is a lie - there's no intent to make it a final
release.

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