Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Andrew Morton
2005-03-02T23:03:00Z

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
>
> The reason I put a shorter timeframe on the "all-even" kernel is because I
> don't want developers to be too itchy and sitting on stuff for too long if
> they did something slightly bigger.

If they're feeling itchy they should dig in and help fix the bugs in 2.6.<odd>.