Re: RFD: Kernel release numbering

Jens Axboe
2005-03-04T09:16:39Z

On Fri, Mar 04 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:
> The average user has learnt "rc1 == pre1". I don't expect that it
> matters much at all.

The average user and lkml reader, perhaps. But I don't understand
why Linus refuses to use proper -preX/-rcX naming, it would
clear up a lot of confusion imho. It's just the logical thing
to do, Marcelo gets it completely right. That -rcX and -rcX+1
differ in what they mean is really confusing and opposite of
basically anything else out there.

With the 2.6.x-release tree and proper -pre/-rc naming, I would
be perfectly happy :-)

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Jens Axboe